Savvyology

Her blog is a thing of beauty. B.Y. Pen­man knows how to write suc­cintly and say much. Self-described “Mother, poet, artist, and stu­dent of life with a dry, off­beat sense of humour” Savvyology’s Moments Mat­ter Most is a lovely place to be. It is dif­fi­cult to view her online space with­out rec­og­niz­ing the sheer bril­liance of color she weaves — in words and brush strokes. A mem­ber of World­wide Women Artists Online, Penman’s dig­i­tal abstrac­tions are stun­ning. As col­or­fully invit­ing as her visual work is, today The Ris­ing Blog­ger would like to award a post she wrote in a dif­fer­ent vein as our Post of the Day. Lis­ten to this mother’s heart in Crazy 8’s — A Mother’s Day Tanka: “He gave me red nail pol­ish and now we play crazy 8’s” she writes of her son, who is her inspi­ra­tion — the heart­beat of her work. “Thir­teen and a half years ago my son was given a 5% chance of sur­vival at birth but was exper­i­men­tally treated and saved with the use of ECMO. Today he gifted me with a hand drawn card.…” Read his remark­able story and take a moment to cel­e­brate the gift of a mother’s love and devo­tion. Con­grat­u­la­tions, Savvy­ol­ogy. You are The Ris­ing Blogger’s Post of the Day.

Review writ­ten by Mimi Lenox.