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Love Letter to Life 10.16.2024 Daughter In-Flight

| Pamela Markoya

Dear Life, My daughter, Tracy, arrives tonight for a 10-day visit. Woke early with excitement. Plans with friends are being made plus a road trip to Jemez Hot Springs. I released Tracy for adoption in 1968. When she turned 18, I began a search for her that went on for thirty years. On 1.14.2020, she contacted me through Ancestry.com, the same day, I had been diagnosed with Stage 4 Large B-Cell Lymphoma. I was given the gift of hope and love beyond measure. A miracle happened that day and continues each day. Don’t quit before the miracle!
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose

Love Letter to Life 10.13.2024 Enjoying Friends

| Pamela Markoya

Dear Life, I am grateful to share my life with beautiful friends: a road trip on Thursday and Saturday, my first lunch/card party in new home serving a Greek Feast. Today I will drive to Galisteo for the Artist Studio Tour and visit friends. I lived in the village 1999-2009 and remain close to artists still living there. As I write this, I am eating toast with Marscarpone cheese and french Strawberry Jam. Heaven. Life is good.
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose

Love Letter to Life 10.11.2024 Dwan Light Sanctuary

| Pamela Markoya

Dear Life, An hour drive east of Santa Fe, the Dwan Light Sanctuary offers a place of serenity and beauty on the campus of United World College, Montezuma, NM. A friend and I drove there yesterday after a delightful lunch in Las Vegas, NM. Sometimes, playing “hookie” mid-week is just what we need! My dear friend and mentor, Virginia Dwan, was the visionary and donor of the sanctuary. I remember it being conceptualized and actualized, a wonderful gift to the community. Play “hookie” on sunny day and be bathed in the prisms of healing light.
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose

Love Letter to Life 10.10.2024 Storm Series

| Pamela Markoya

Dear Life, Waking with the sun. Thinking of my older brother In St. Petersburg; no power or water but house not damaged. Many branches down. Transformer exploded last night. Hurricane Milton on a path of destruction. Climate change. Changing the planet, weather systems, and lives. My loving thoughts go out to all those touched by the “storms” of weather, cancer, and life. May they find peace and support in their time of need.
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose

Love Letter to Life 10.08.2024 Storm

| Pamela Markoya

Dear Life, I returned to campus studio and worked: 36″x24″ painting surged forth. The colors are washed out in photo by sunlight but you get the picture. I’ve been through a personal storm, the aftermath of emotions expressed through my work. I am in a reprieve from cancer treatment for 12 weeks to give my body time to rejuvenate. My thoughts go out to the communities and my family in the path of Hurricane Milton. May they be safe during the storm.
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose

Acrylic on Paper 36″x24″ 10.07.2024

Love Letter to Life 10.06.2024 Brilliant

| Pamela Markoya

Dear Life, My body rhythm is on a new cycle: early to rise. The pre-dawn hours are quiet and peaceful. I meditate and journal. Enjoy looking words up in the dictionary. BRILLIANT: very bright, glittering, striking, distinctive, distinguished by unusual mental keenness or alertness – ex: a brilliant artist. I turned the bedroom light on at 5:00am. Hope my inner light shines throughout the day. Plus there is that thing called a nap. Love my new home. Love my life.
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose

Love Letter to Life 10.04.2024 Progress Not Perfection

| Pamela Markoya

Dear Life, I am seeing my way through the unpacking and there’s light at the end of the boxes/bins! I love my new place. It’s joyful. Looking forward to art shelves being installed so paintings and drawings can be displayed. I have fresh flowers in every room. I am grateful for the peace, light and love within me and around me.
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose

Love Letter to Life 09.30.2024 What A Month

| Pamela Markoya

Dear Life, 9/4 Major Projects class started. 9/11 I was told the lymphoma is back and new treatment needs to begin. Cancer outsmarted previous drugs. 9/12 I flew to CT. 9/14 my family celebrated my mother’s life. 9/15 this photo was taken while walking near sister’s house. 9/17 I flew back to Santa Fe and tested positive for Covid. 9/19 I moved. I have been resting and unpacking. Today I have bloodwork and discuss new treatment. September was quite a month. Life is really something. I am really something else. Still standing.
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose

PRM in Monroe, CT 09.15.2024

Love Letter to Life 09.27.2024 Boxes and Bins, Oh My

| Pamela Markoya

Dear Life, I am quarantining due to Covid but there is plenty to do. Check out my new place! Ah, there will come a day when every box/bin is empty and everything has found its place. Fortunately the bedroom is free to flop on the bed as needed. Serene and quiet. Filled with light. A place to dream, create and live. A day at a time. Feeling grateful.
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose