Friday, December 19, 2025

Faces Between the Lines

 


It has been a chaotic 8 days let me tell yoU!

Two visits to Emergency.

I am okay.  Don't worry. 

Thank you Lord!

The last vlog before going to Emergency

Linking up with Friday Face Off hosted by the lovely Nicole and Art for Fun Friday with Hosted by Gillena.

Faces Between The Lines

I got this notebook off my shelf, I initially started keeping my creative writings in it and doodles in 2021 and then the notebook turned into a journey of my cancer diagnosis in 2022 and then this notebook turned into documenting my doctor visits, scans, blood work, treatments, journaling, poetry and doodles. 
I found comfort in writing down everything that I was going through. 

Letting you all know I am cancer free and praying that in January my scans will be clear just like the page from 2022.  

I doodled the following faces through my Cancer Journey. 
I enjoyed making faces without lifting the pen off the page. 






Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! God Bless you all!

You can tell I am starting to feel better when I start having tea again and making collages. :) 








Thank you for your comments and your kindness. 
Have a lovely rest of the month. 
Blessings your way. 
Maria

24 comments:

  1. Glad to hear you are well after your visits to the emergency room. Praise the Lord! Art is truly a gift, and I can see how it was a blessing to you during your cancer journey in 2022. I pray that your scans in January are also clear. Merry Christmas!

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    1. Thank you Rev. Arnoldo! Wishing you all the best, many blessings and a very Merry Christmas! Praise the Lord!

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  2. Cute nutcracker! and I love the noises of walking through the snow.
    Fingers and toes crossed for January!!!
    Love your artworks - and wish you a merry, happy Christmas!

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  3. That is a scary journey Maria, but at at least no so scary as this diagnosis would have been 30 years ago. Keeping my fingers crossed for your January scan, and that the rest of 2025 is not so scary and chaotic. Glad to read you are OK. Merry Christmas if you don't post before then. hugs-Erika

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    1. Thank you Erika! Thank the Lord! Merry Christmas and have a very happy New Year!

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  4. ...Maria, I wasn't aware of your cancer challenge. Our youngest daughter as been through treatment and is in remission. Our youngest granddaughter (12 at the time) was diagnosed with a rare oral cancer. She is only the second child known to have it. I wish good health and a Merry Christmas to you and Your family.

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    1. Tom I am so happy to hear that your daughter is in remission. I pray for your daughter and granddaughter to be healthy and for cancer never to come back. Thank you Tom, Merry Christmas to you and your family! God bless!

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  5. It is great to hear that you are okay. Visits to the ER can be scary.
    I love your face doodles!

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    1. Thank you Gene! have a wonderful Christmas and a happy New Year!

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  6. Wonderful journal pages.
    Glad your hospital visits turned out well.
    Praying for all clear in January.
    Sending my Best Wishes and a Merry Christmas to you, Maria.

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    1. Thank you Dixie! Have a very Merry Christmas! Wishing you all the best!

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  7. Luv the title, luv the drawings.
    Wishing you well.
    Thanks for linking to Art For Fun Friday

    🎄much love

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    1. Thank you Gillena! Wishing you a very Merry Christmas!

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    1. Thank you so much Christine! Have a very Merry Christmas!

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  9. Glad you are okay ~ Happy Holidays to you ~ fun portrait sketches ~ hugs,

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  10. Oh my dear friend. I'm sorry you had to go to ER but thankful you are OK. Everyday, I light a healing candle and ask for health, love and joy for all that are on my list. You are on that list, as are so many of our blogging family. Thank you for your well wishes for my eye. You are so very talented. I have tried drawing with out take the pencil off the paper. uuhh yeah it isn't pretty. LOL Your are amazing. Thank you for joining FFO. Wishing you and your family a very nice Christmas and the best 2026.

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    1. Nicole thank you so much. A candle sounds lovely to light. I wish you all the best and may you have strength and courage with everything too. Have a very Merry Christmas. All the best in 2026!

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  11. I am so grateful for your good cancer news. It's not often we can put "good" and "cancer" in the same sentence. Now that is probably the best Christmas gift of all!

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    1. Jeanie you are absolutely right! Have a very Merry Christmas!

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  12. That must have been a scary journey and I really hope that you will get a clear scan in January. I can see how art helped you through this journey and your faces are wonderful - they have so much expression. When I saw face #3 (the one with the heart next to it) my first thought was "Julius Ceasar". Wishing you a peaceful and joyful Christmas.

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    1. Thank you so much Carola! Wishing you a very Merry Christmas! All the best! God bless!

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