To the very kind #Nostrcihes who have been #praying for me & my sisters. The damage to our mini-van due to my husband's accident, as shaken up as he is, he is resolved to try & repair it himself. Such is the strong will of the do it yourselfer. Thank you for your prayers because (I hope he is correct in his assessment) because he believes it is not totaled. What transpired: He's been under a lot heavy sadness with what happened to my mother & the fact that my FIL fell & hurt himself on Christmas eve as well. 2 days ago, my husband had been working on our mini-van doing a routine repair & maintenance to the PCV valve. He shut & latched the hood. He was driving on the 2 lane highway going 50MPH when the hood opened suddenly like a tin can crashing violently against the windshield which shattered completely. The force was such that the framing of the top of the windshield dented and partially collapsed. He almost lost control of the van, but thankfully God & his angels must have been watching because he veered to the side of the road, as opposed into the incoming traffic in the opposite lane and stopped short from hitting the posts of the vineyard fencing. My husband lives with decades long life-altering injuries from having been almost killed by a truck driver who fell asleep at the wheel and crashed on to his truck head on. My husband saved that woman's life that day by extracting her out of her burning rig, and injuring himself further. I know God chose not to steal my husband away from me 2 days ago, and for that I have to be infinitely grateful despite the extreme pain of my mother's loss on the 3rd of this month. As hard as these struggles are, and yes, they too are financial hardships due to the nature of what they are, I forgot to ask to please not #zap me. Not because I don't want or need it. But because I recognize that we all are struggling in many, many ways, and if I am sharing this here with you it's because I really mainly need #Prayer Warriors. The power of it is insane and I feel like we actually forget. I do intend (WITH INTENT!!!) to #Contribute to our #Nostr #community, hopefully in the near future with #Art, art, and more art. I do intend to make my images available to be seen and enjoyed and I also intend to be able to offer physical works as thank you gifts to those who may love my art enough to want to support me with their #sats. Thank you so much for your patience & kindness towards me. I am forever grateful. hurting, sad, contemplatively grateful. We can BE what we want to SEE in others.