My husband left me unexpectedly and my life went into shock.

If it weren't for my relationship with God I don't know how I would have found peace again. Still have plenty of days of struggle, everything recorded in these photos took a hit and my whole world fell apart. Working my way back has been a long slow road with many tears through depths of pain. It has been over three years now and this month our family home sold so I am in the process of packing up was is left of the life I once lived but I'm ready to make new memories and with God's grace and mercy my family will recover and be healed from all the destruction a divorce brings.

flickr has changed so much since I last had anything to upload, I couldn't bare to share with anyone what I have just shared, but as they say, "life goes on". God Bless and Keep You. Mary aka can5dos.

I am a Happily Married mother of four, step-mom to one more and we have five awesome grandchildren.

in the past couple of years, after building a new home inland, (one that had land for an actual yard with woodland surroundings), I began to learn gardening and started observing more closely the wonders of nature unfolding in my own back yard. Armed with a new camera, (and being very much a beginner with digital and novice-of-no-consequence photography lover)...I began learning to capture the beauty of life all around me.

My goals are to love much and laugh often...the scripture reads, "A merry heart doeth good like a medicine." But I have taken it into my heart, that...Mary's merry heart will doeth good like a medicine., so be of good cheer!

The definition of a blessed life is this: to have Supernatural power working on your behalf.

The Creator of life and the author and finisher of my faith has placed me on eagle's wings...our own mended wings can fly...but wings that are healed... well, they soar, it's been an eye opening adventure to ride on His Wings while He healed mine.

Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you...I have and He has, and all I can tell you is this, He loves us so much, and living a blessed life with Him has no comparison for love, joy and peace.

John and I serve at our local church through various ministry's, sharing the love of the one who first loved us.