REFLECTING ON MY EXPLORATION OF LOVE

Hello there! 

Sorry it has been so long.  I have been working through life the last few years. Who hasn’t though? Right? I have been questioning myself, what I am doing? how am I showing up for my family, friends? and new to this group is ME. What am I doing for me? How am I showing myself that it is ok to love myself, or that I am worthy of self-love? How was I taking care of my body, and my soul? I wasn’t. It was only when I made it through a terrifying, health crisis that landed me in the ICU for several days that I saw that I had not been taking care of myself, especially my soul. I promised myself that I would make myself a priority by taking the time to do the things that light me up. If I am not healthy, or joyful or full of love for myself, how can I be anything at all for the ones I love?

Painting has been one of the greatest ways I take care of myself. When I paint my soul sings, it radiates. It is so so good for me. And when I am in that state, it is good everyone. Travel is another way. When I have the chance to experience a new place, nature, people and color it is a similar feeling to painting. It is JOY.  Last summer my girls and I went on a trip to Greece together. I had never done a mother/daughter trip before. Honestly, I never felt worthy of it. This trip was such an incredible gift to us. The girls have surely been bit by the travel bug and we experienced it together. The trip sparked a body of work that needed to come out. It was a reminder to me that it is vital to do the things that bring me joy and love.

I am honored to have been invited by a local architecture firm to hang this body of work in their new office space this month for their 10th anniversary and office opening celebration. This work is a new direction for me. In it I have explored new processes, movements and colors. Not to worry, blue is still very much a part of it, how could it not be when Greece was the muse? I have held it close as this has felt a little like sending your babe off to school. This is new, exciting and terrifying all at the same time. I released it quietly last fall, I am sure because I was terrified of it falling flat on its face, or being made fun of because it looked different. But it is time to let this work stand on its own with the knowledge that it is loved. I am loved. You are loved.  

Thank you for being here.  

WHERE THERE IS LOVE THERE IS LIFE.
~MAHATMA GANDHI

Time with my girls, being witness to their world opening at every new and breathtaking turn and showing them that they are important, and worthy was an experience I will forever be grateful. 

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING A PART OF THIS JOURNEY.
UNTIL NEXT TIME.