Dear Life, This morning, I had a PetScan. It’s been 5 months. The report will be ready in 48-72 hours and I’ll go over it with my oncologist Thursday after Bloodwork at 9:00am. Anyone who is a cancer patient knows the wait between now and then feels like an eternity. So what does a girl do? Make Mac n’ Cheese, my go to comfort food. The veggies are there to make me “feel” healthy. I also have a pot of Green Chili Chicken Stew on the stove. Cook, Love and Live!
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose
Dear Life, Connecting with people and being creative is what I value in my life. Feeling the love, smiling into eyes, meeting someone new and adding them to the “treasures”. I had fun drawing with Violet at the kitchen table. Had lunch with Michelle and Arlene at Terrain Cafe in Westport, CT where I once lived. Each day as I walk up the stairwell to the guest bedroom, I see Arlene’s incredible family portrait gallery, a series she is working on. My mind, body and spirit are happy.
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose
Dear Life, Happy to be held by a hand and heart of beautiful flowers while visiting with Esther in AZ. We laughed and walked and talked and “went wild” the way good friends hold one another with love. I’m excited that she will be setting up an “art table” to begin a Vision Board collage project. That’s what I’ll be doing today in my Creative Expressions class. Here we go into 2025 with love, creativity, imagination, and community!
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose
Dear Life, After 2024, a childhood friend, Esther Kelbaugh, and I decided to meet up in Phoenix and have a Girls Go Wild weekend. This included a Sting concert, but unfortunately, he is under the weather (please send him healing vides, friends) so concert is postponed until June. I am still getting on a plane today and the girls will celebrate life. Each day is a gift and friends are a blessing. Another plus: leaving an arctic 16 degrees for a sunny 66. Love warms the day!
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose
Dear Life, Dear Family, Dear Friends, Dear Community,
My deepest gratitude for your presence in my life and for sharing love, the sustaining force of all life every day.
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose
Dear Life, We are entering the season of holidays. I enjoy this time of year, the gatherings, festivities, displays of lights and big bouncing Santas and decorations beginning to show up everywhere. These are outward signs of people sharing their gratitude, joy, and hope. I am conscious that we bear the challenges of living. I am grateful that when we come together in community, we lighten the weight of our individual burdens. Spirit connection leads to love and love is greater than darkness. Lean into the light of love with me today.
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose
30″x22″ Painting and Collage 11.18.2024
Pamela Rose Markoya 