So, I turned 51.
No matter how I feel about the number or the speed at which time is passing, I do think of my birthday as my personal new year and a sacred time. I love my Valentine’s Day birthday combo and I strongly encourage everyone to celebrate their birthday with big love.
On my birthday morning, however, I felt sad.
Read MoreMegan and I have been friends for about nine years online.
We’ve worked together and shared a friendship, even though she’s in Texas and I’m in Kentucky.
Through her and her business, Your Spirit Sparkle, I met Heather, who also became a good friend.
These are women I love.
Read MoreI was so happy to have this opportunity to paint big!
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Read MoreIt’s back to school week and I’m thinking about the August issue of Seventeen Magazine.
When I was a preteen living in a small town, there were no Instagram influencers or Youtube tutorials; there was the magazine rack at the drug store where I would find, every fall, a giant double-thick issue of Seventeen.
Read MoreI’m just back from a road trip to Lily Dale, New York.
I can’t remember when I first heard of the Lily Dale Assembly, but I know that since hearing about it, I’ve wanted to visit.
Read MorePeople who travel for a living, fly on a regular basis, pack and unpack suitcases as a matter of course, my hat is off to you.
Travel absolutely knocks me out.
And I love it.
Read MoreLast fall, someone walked into my studio and asked, “Do you flow Reiki energy through your paintings?”
It surprised me that he saw the energy in my work, that he looked at the paintings and thought, Reiki.
Of course, the answer was yes - whether you call it Reiki or something else - my artwork is intentionally infused with healing energy.
Read MoreI turned 50.
I woke up and it was February 15 and I was another year older and into a new decade of living.
It was weird.
I’ve always loved my birthday, always enjoyed making a big deal out of it.
Read MoreI went on a road trip with my parents this week to Hopkinsville.
We stayed at Pennyrile State Park, which was beautiful and peaceful. I love State Parks and National Parks and this one is particularly sweet. The flowers around the lodge were so well-kept and attracted a lot of large colorful butterflies who followed me around and fluttered in little dances around me.
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