Here’s To Letting It Go

I told myself a while back that I would blog on Tuesdays, Mondays are recovery from the weekend...not that one of my days is much different than another, and the rest of the week is devoted to daily painting. So today is Tuesday. I'm sitting here pondering what to write about, which I was supposed to do yesterday, …

Daily Dose Of Happiness

Imagine going to the doctor and he/she says, "I want you to do something everyday that makes you happy." Could you or would you do it? It's not going to cure you, it's just going to provide you with a daily dose of happiness. Would you take it to heart and adhere to it as faithfully as …

Adulting My Way Through A Chronic Illness

I love the fourth of July.  Mostly because I love fireworks, quick glimpses of art shooting into the sky, spreading out and then fading before you can catch your breath. I also love that there really aren't any expectations associated with the holiday.  With that it should come as no suprise that last weekend I found myself so lost in excitement …

Beauty Is In The Eye Of The Beholder

  If you're a parent and your child brings home something they've created at school you'll likely think it's beautiful, because it is beautiful.  It doesn't matter what it is, it just matters that it came from their heart, their mind, and their hands.  Art is incredibly subjective. If you really think about it life is …

Idle Hands

You know those people that don't like to go to sleep at night because the day still holds so much possibility, there's always another page to read, or task to complete, or something, there's always something?  Well, I'm one of those people. To me life is meant to be lived, experienced, explored and I love to stay busy, get …