The end is near

School is down to less then 30 days!  Homework is finally coming to a close and I'm so glad I'm on my new anxiety medication u all have no idea!    My paintings are almost ready to be turned in, have to figure out how to hang and finish painting the edges *for a Framed look*   will find out thursday which are accepted and will post by friday!

Expressive arts workshop

I went to a Connecticut annual counseling conference and sat through trauma informed care expressive arts workshop led by cathy malchiodi.  Here was a personal project I did during our art excersize

It was my tree of self empowerment to cope with my survivor guilt at times.  We had to do a tree which can represent the person, and had to write something positive either in words about ourselves or something we wished was better (body image, worry etc). 

I formed a tree with my hands. Used scrap book paper eith hearts and xoxoxo. And tissue paper. On the inside of the leaves wrote words of love and encouragement to remember when thoughts of " why did I get chosen to live and not that kid or that dad? " enter my mind.

Mmm

Sweet potato lasagna. And spinach

I recieved this recipe from someone I work with.

Boil sweet potato like potatos. Mash them

Layer In casserole dish. Potato, groundbeef/tomato mixture, shredded cheese. Repeat.   Bake 350 for 20 minutes

this turned out just like regular lasagna with noodles! I almost wish I had more cheese though. Make sure u mash the potato real good unless u don't mind random chunky parts!