Crayon therapy: St. Paul minister creates, donates coloring books for women in shelters

St Paul author minister and artist Peggy Pugh holds her new holiday-themed coloring book Wednesday Dec Pugh is hoping to donate copies of the new book along with coloring tools by Saturday Talia McWright Pioneer Press Peggy Pugh remembers coloring at years old She remembers how her parents would argue in the background and how despite the chaos in the home she d find her own little pocket of peace One that was all hers A blank canvas she could color with whatever colors she d like Coloring is very healing Pugh noted This holiday season Pugh designed her own holiday-themed adult coloring book geared toward women Pugh is hoping to donate copies of Rest Color Coloring Book for Women Christmas Edition along with coloring utensils to women living in local shelters and experiencing homelessness She currently has sets sponsored and is asking the constituents to consider helping her reach her goal of by Saturday to gift to women who may otherwise not receive presents on Christmas We focus a lot on how joyful the holidays are people out shopping and spending time being with family Pugh noted That s one side of the story There s another side of the story where specific people don t know where their family members are or their family members have given up on them During the holidays for people who don t have the money they wish they had it ends up being a sad kind of day Worthy of rest At the St Paul author minister and entrepreneur has accomplished various things She s worked in the professional sphere raised children created jewelry lines and continues to follow whatever creative venture she s inspired by next she mentioned And still after a long jam-packed day when Pugh picks up a coloring book at the edge of her bed she is transported to a place of childlike artistry consumed by the feeling of peace it brings her Peggy Pugh flips through the pages of her new coloring book Talia McWright Pioneer Press Not all women have been fortunate enough to leave environments of chaos Pugh stated Specific live in shelters protecting themselves and often their children from abuse and others are without a home These women are worthy Pugh declared They have value and deserve gifts this holiday season as does anyone she mentioned They deserve to enjoy moments of rest without the constant stressors of the day on their shoulders and that s what she hopes her coloring book will do for them offer a moment of rest and maybe even a moment of healing she declared I think there are people who have never colored in their adulthood especially if they never colored as kids Pugh mentioned So if they see something like a coloring book they think Oh no this is great for children but this isn t for adults Rest and color Her book is called Rest Color because rest is critical Pugh mentioned Pugh hopes to donate copies of her coloring book to women in shelter Talia McWright Pioneer Press Being raised in an abusive household Pugh mentioned she was perpetually trying to prove herself worthy She became very performance-oriented and even when she felt something was wrong in her body she ignored it She had a stroke at God loved me enough to knock me down but not knock me out Pugh declared There were so a great number of lessons that I learned from that and that was nobody s gonna give you permission to rest Rest brings restoration to your mind and your body Healing happens when you re restful Pugh declared she and her husband Ken Pugh have had a lot of conversations about rest this year Their conversations inspired her to write a book distributed in October titled Rest Is A Weapon Winning Spiritual Battles From A Place of Rest For plenty of like her Pugh announced rest is a discipline until it becomes a delight and the book is about how to develop the skills to delight in rest I want to be able to lift the spirits of people of several women Pugh reported I want to be able to let her know that she s worth it She s worth being thought about She s worth getting a gift and she doesn t have to pay for it and she doesn t have to earn it The gift of giving Inside the coloring book are pages of winter and holiday-themed images like nutcrackers snowflakes children sledding poinsettias snow globes snowmen and hot cocoa Pugh noted she was also intentional in including images that represent Jesus the reason for the season She also intentionally includes images of Black women she revealed Inside artists will also find a cartoon image of Pugh herself and even one with her and her husband who wears a Santa hat just for fun Related Articles Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota meets with Silver Sneakers protesters Saintly City Snow Angels connecting St Paul shovelers with snowy sidewalks requirements more angels Treasury Department researching states MN fraud funded terrorists Seniors to picket Blue Cross Blue Shield in Eagan after losing gym benefit Dakota County will host US s first international horticultural expo I m hoping that there are enough individuals out there who would be willing to be selfless and take that they are going to spend on getting gifts for themselves or for their family and think about buying a color set to give to a woman Pugh disclosed The other thing is that I m hoping that whoever receives this gift she knows she s not forgotten One Rest Color book and a set of colored pencils costs and can be purchased directly through Pugh s website rrpeggypugh com Individual coloring books can also be purchased for In the near future Pugh plans to release coloring books tailored to men along with seasonal coloring books and MLK Day and Black History Month-themed coloring books