Over a sketch made idly to amuse a child, an artist might not take much trouble: he may be content to let it go even though it is not exactly as he meant it to be.
But over the great picture of his life - the work which he loves, though in a different fashion, as intensely as a man loves a woman or a mother or a child - he will make endless trouble - and would, doubtless, thereby give endless trouble to the picture if it were sentient.
One can imagine a sentient picture, after being rubbed and scraped and recommenced for the tenth time, wish it it were only a thumbnail sketch whose making was over in a minute. In the same way, it is natural for us to wish that God had designed for us a less glorious and less arduous destiny; but then we are wishing not for more love but for less.
-from The Problem of Pain by C.S. Lewis
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Perhaps someone else will find your blog and it will help them. Also, your kids are gorgeous and look very happy. Our politics are probably miles apart, but I read your blog because it is very touching. The pictures you shared of your family are very beautiful, as is little Zoe.
ReplyDeleteBest to you and your family. Your daughter is in my (lapsed catholic) prayers.