Images With Purpose An Inspiring Times Fundraiser

Bringing you beauty and wellness while raising awareness of our fundraising efforts to support those most in need.

🦅 The Hawks: A Symbol of Healing, Strength, and What’s Possible

LIFE – Love Is For Everyone

When I captured this image—two young red-tailed hawks resting in the deep green glow of the forest—it became more than a photograph. It became a message. A reflection of my journey. A reminder of what nature teaches us when we are willing to look deeper.

The colours in this image speak their own language: 💚 Vibrant forest greens — healing, renewal, and the energy of life returning.
🤎 Earth-brown feathers — grounding, stability, and resilience built through experience.
🦅 Golden talons and sharp eyes — clarity, courage, and readiness to rise above.

I took this photo on the fourth anniversary of my stroke—four years after leaving the hospital using a walker and oxygen… four years after being told my recovery depended on treatments I could never afford… four years before two surgeries, homelessness, loss, and rebuilding forced me to discover what true healing meant.

And yet, these hawks appeared: Calm.
Focused.
Unshaken.
A reflection of everything I had survived—and everything I was still becoming.

🌿 Healing Through Nature: What This Image Represents

When my body was weak, nature became my strength. When life stripped everything away, the earth became my teacher.
And when I couldn’t buy the food or treatments I needed to recover, I turned to growing my own.

In my kitchen. In a 4×4 ft space in the living room.
Plant by plant.
Seed by seed.

What I couldn’t afford, I learned to grow. What I learned to grow, I learned to use.
And what I learned to use, I now teach—freely—because wellness should never depend on wealth.

🌱 Wellness in Action: Learning What Plants Can Truly Do

What began as survival has grown into a full ecosystem:

✔ Wellness Profiles

Over 65 plants I grow year-round, with their nutritional and healing benefits.

✔ Wellness in Action

Real examples of how I use these plants daily for strength, recovery, lung health, inflammation, and energy.

✔ As We Grow With Purpose

The newest section—practical education through real examples of what these plants can be used for.

This is where I show not just the plant itself, but how to turn it into wellness:

• balms

• teas

• tinctures

• poultices

• oils

• nutritional uses

• skin care

• respiratory support

• and more

These are skills anyone can learn, regardless of income or circumstance. And that is the very heart of this mission.

💚 A Path Forward for Everyone

Every shade of green in that photograph represents healing. Every shade of brown represents stability and wisdom.
And those hawks represent what happens when you trust your path—even when it’s uncertain.

I now walk more than 5 km most days. I grow daily.
I share daily.
Because healing is possible.
Because wellness belongs to everyone.
Because no one should suffer simply because they can’t afford help.

The programs I created before the pandemic have transformed into long-term community wellness solutions—driven by love, knowledge, and lived experience.

🌟 Let This Image Be a Reminder

No matter how far you’ve fallen, there is always a way forward.

Nature doesn’t give up. Hawks don’t ask permission to rise.
And you don’t need perfect conditions to begin healing.

Let the greens guide your recovery. Let the browns ground your spirit.
Let the hawks remind you of your strength.

Use what you can grow. Learn what nature offers.
And choose love—for yourself and your community—as the force that lifts you higher.

Because LIFE – Love Is For Everyone is more than a message. It is proof that healing, wellness, and transformation are possible for all of us.