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Greetings and best wishes for a wonderful 2023!

ABOUT ME

Hello Everyone! My first name is Kyra and i live in a small town outside of Portland Oregon. Am an artist and live in creativity on a daily basis! i took some time off from Swap bot since 2021.

I am located at the north end of the Willamette Valley which is our big rich fertile valley where a lot of the food grown is for the people and animals in Oregon! We are located about 20 miles from downtown Portland.

Well, we have all been thru a very difficult time. We will be spending years growing thru the fact we liced thru the Pandemic and the Covid 19 trauma drama siituation. One hundred years ago our forefathers were going thru the major Flu Pandemic which so many people died worldwide. My great Grandmother on my father's side died in that Pandemic so here i am! i feel very grateful. i did not have anyone close to me pass away but listened to the stories of many people who did lose a loved one with COVID 19. The stories touched me in many ways and i was not ready to really want to swap and carry on as if something big did not happen. I needed my own time to process what it meant to be a survivor when so many others passed away. Going thru this period in history really took a toll on a lot of people. i am so sorry if you did lose a family or friend member in life to this Pandemic. i was saddened to hear that John Prine had passed away early in the Pandemic with Covid 19. He gave us many great songs that he wrote when he was young getting those lyrics out so we could enjoy listening to his music as he was an old soul on the planet.

My cats Baba and Claire have both passed on now. One of them died during Covid. My partner and good friend Jim whom i gardened with passed on in September of 2021. It was his time to go. There was no stopping the clock. He was not coming back as JIm my dear friend. So he has moved on with his life and form. i will always be grateful for his stepping into my world and helping me.

BEING AN ARTIST

what else is there for me. i create daily and just follow the heart when it speaks to me. One has to learn to listen and take risks. I like creating and there is something always interesting going on in my world. that is a big part of my being drawn to see the creativity that lies almost everywhere.

FINDING THE PLAY THAT LIES WITHIN LIFE

Find the small stuff. Enjoy the moment. If you are running around doing too many things you are missing the entire point to life! Stop and give yourself permission to feel what is going on in the moment. if you cannot feel your body and get in touch with it you are wasting a big part of your life. Stop slow down and tread lightly would be my piece of advice to anyone that might ask me this question.

You might be the only person left within your family and if you don't make peace with yourself you will be miserable even in older age. The world will pass you by! You might even ask yourself Is That All There Is to Life?

REMEMBERING WHAT IT IS ABOUT!

Just remember we are all human here. So take a risk and get out of your comfort zone and write something daring to me. Write about your life and tell me something that is bothering you. I can hold the space for you. I think it is beautiful to be able to share yourself because we are all choosing to swap. It is really touching to have someone write something deeper than the day was sunny and really touch the human spirit that we all share. Just take a deep breath and write to another human being taking a risk. It’s ok to take risks they lead to some beautiful experiences...... ABOVE ALL ELSE BE WELL. Most of us will always remember the year 2020.

P.S. WRITING AND LAST MUSINGS

Am a closet writer. What i have found out since coming on Swap Bot is that i have something to share and say. It keeps oozing out in the pcs and in the art swaps that i keep signing up for. Stories, quirky facts, drawings, artwork and information comes floating to the surface of the mind and i want to immediately get it down. If you consider yourself a writer then you understand one has to GET IT DOWN NOW!

I hope we can all remember to have a sense of humor and to remember we all choose to swap with one another. Let us all laugh more and enjoy the moment because we never know what our future holds. I send loving kindness to all who end up reading this last sentence!