The Story Behind: The Good Remains Card
Most of my art begins with journaling. Not a sketchbook or a mood board—just my regular notebook. It’s part of my rhythm: quiet time in the morning, coffee nearby, pen in hand. It’s where I sit with the Lord, reflect, and process what I’m walking through. When I’m really inspired, I open my iPad and just start writing—canvas after canvas, scribbling whatever thoughts are stirring, needing a place to land.
That’s how this phrase came:
Though she wished things were different, she didn’t lose sight of the good that remained.
I was creating freely, letting it all pour out. You’ll see in the image below that’s exactly how it looked at the start: raw, handwritten, unfiltered. Something about it made me pause. I kept coming back to it.
This phrase came in the middle of a season where things felt both beautiful and broken. I was walking through the hard work of setting boundaries with people I loved—something I never imagined I’d have to do, but something I knew was necessary. The Lord was inviting me into something deeper - not just healing for myself, but space to grow into the life my husband and I were beginning to build together.
And in that in-between, where grief and gratitude were tangled together,this phrase became a kind of anchor.
When I first began illustrating this design, I had more going on—more floral elements, more movement.
But the more I worked on it, the more I felt like the words needed room to breathe. I wanted it to feel honest and unhurried, like a thought captured mid-prayer.
So I simplified everything.
One flower.
One phrase.
One soft blue hue.
The floral is delicate and still. The lettering is a blend of my own handwriting and calligraphy, drawn with a pen brush to keep that natural, imperfect feel—like something you’d jot down during a quiet moment with the Lord.
This card is for anyone navigating the tension of loving what is, grieving what was, and hoping for what’s next. My prayer is that it lands softly in the heart of whoever needs it—that it reminds you it’s okay to wish things were different, and still hold gratitude for what remains.
If you’d like to keep this reminder close, grab the free phone lock screen wallpaper. Feel free to save it as a daily breath of truth.
And if someone you love needs this reminder too—click here to grab the card for them. Sometimes the smallest gift carries the deepest meaning.
