"Forgive..."

me for not having an actual cactus to post today for

Cactus Monday. LOL :)

Since we extended our Illinois trip until next week

my portfolio of "postable prickly plants"

both in my camera and

on my flash drive

are just about down to nothing...

and

being without a scanner is

has become

a nagging thorn in my side...:)

Waa! Waa!

So... since forgiveness starts at home

and is all about

softening the "pricklies"...

and

smoothing out the sharp edges

and

removing all those proverbial thorns...

this heart was designed

"in the true spirit of a Cactus Monday"

and posted here today

as an introduction to the first in my

Heart Mantra ATC series...

"Forgive."

"Forgiveness does not change the past,

but it does enlarge the

future. "

~Paul Boese