An fused, painted and engraved glass art piece, inspired by a memory to be brave.

"Once upon a memory.."

 ..remember to be brave

A memory stored in my heart

gradient with colour and life

lighting up all these emotions

as firework inside

- Esther Femmigje -

"I remember long time ago I wrote a song for someone I loved at that time. I decided to sing and play on a stage. Once I was on the stage I sat behind a big piano with shaking hands and a trembling voice. And a quiet big crowd in front of me, and somewhere in this crowd there was the person I wrote the song for. Somewhere in the middle part of the song I got a black out, I forget all the lyrics and the notes. And I managed to shout the word ´shit´ threw the microphone. There I was sitting on the little piano chair, looking scared to the piano keys. It became quiet in me and I saw a face popping out in this darkness and the music and the lyrics came back to me and I started to sing and play again."

Sometimes we have to remember why we do it and to decide to be brave and to go for it. For me at that time it was a song and maybe for you it could be a message you would like to share, a test you want to succeed or to say finally no...It could be so many things. Keep it close in your heart and remember to be brave .

"Once upon a memory.."

"Remember to be in peace "

“When you are burdened.. peace.. when you are lonely ..peace.. when your heart breaks ..peace…..Peace be still."

I remember that together with my husband in June 2023 we tried to do a small pilgrimage to Geneva, and we start the journey from our home. The start was messy, the shoes I had since my first pilgrimage, broke down in the middle of the day. Then we tried the next day, with new shoes we bought to get to the planned location, crossing mountains and warm weather. But I felt a very strange lingering pain in both of my feet and a very heavy heart. While I was trying to keep going I was listening to the song: ‘Peace be still’ sung by James Cleveland. The song sings about going through a storm in life and finding faith and trust within God and within yourself, inspired by Mark 4:39. I noticed on the ground a tiny white feather resting on the dirt, and as I look up a bird passes above me. And as the path continues, I find more, and I felt some light enters my mind and soul, and I hear these words from the song echoing in my soul: 

“When you are burdened.. peace.. when you are lonely ..peace.. when your heart breaks ..peace…..Peace be still."

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At the end of the day, we reached our planned destination and decided it would be wise to stop for now, we will continue another time.

Sometimes there is so much uncertainty in life, then I feel this steadfast faith within me,  

like a dove of peace coming from the heavenly skies, to remember me everything is going to be alright. 

"Once upon a memory.."

"Remember to have hope "

An everlasting fire that blooms within

hope it whispers, towards the unspoken

for in time colors light up and weave the soul

and mends and empower the broken

- Esther Femmigje -

I remember that it's been a tough couple of weeks, after my father had its serieus accident. It's really difficult in midst of despair, to have faith. When all odds are against, in midst of darkness, to hold on to the light we all have within. To fuel yourself and anyone around you to have hope, and no matter what happens it's going to be okay. Every emotion possible went through me these weeks. There were times of anger, of sadness or despair, completely powerless. And yet there were times of healing, forgiveness, and love. Almost every single morning I started with a prayer to ask God to guide my day in love, not in fear. To try every day to keep an open heart and not be tempted to build walls. And it's so tempting to get lost, to be angry, to be hurt and to run away. I do believe it's important to express your emotions, the difficulty in life is not be consumed by them. Let it pass, and just be ' Here'.

Sometimes when life catch you off guard all what will keep you going is this small fire within you called hope.

A fire of life, one that never diminishes,  for it blooms in midst of storms,

colors the soul in every depth, a hidden treasure within. Keep it close in your heart and remember to always have hope.