progress....

Making some changes with her eyes...  A little eye surgery should help!  Dont worry, she'll see again in no time!

more progress....

a little more progress today....

I went out yesterday and finally bought myself one of these reducing glasses!

...just thinkin....

...just thinkin.....that I just love my Mom so much....thats all.

some progress....

Kinda funny looking right now....

Just life....

Okay, so I am 46 years old and on March 1st I will be 47...then three years from then I will turn 50!  So why do things like this shock me?  In my head I still think I am a kid.  Will I think this until the day I die?  Will I be 85 years old and wonder why I have so many white hairs?  Will I be a Great Grandmother someday and still be amazed that I'm not a young girl anymore?  I find it so strange that my mind works this way.  I'm okay with getting older, it just amazes me that I am so shocked everytime I see the signs-haha
By the way...despite my look of horror-I think I sort of like the white hair!  Just life.....

progress....

new sketch...

the beginnings of a new painting....

My littlest bff....

I love kids!  I have always loved kids, little ones especially.  I love how honest they are.  I love the honesty that comes out in their words and expressions.  I love how they live in the moment.  If only we could bottle up their simple pureness and save it for our adult lives-what a wonderful world that would be!

Today I was on the phone with my 5 year old bff.  When we were finished talking and hung up, her Mom called me back to tell me the sweetest thing.  She said-"oh Kelly, I just have to tell you what Natalie said to me....she said- 'Mom, me and Kelly talked so long that my ear was getting sweaty!  But I just had to keep talking to her!  I just love her voice!' "

We laughed about the cuteness of what she had said, but in reality, I love Natalies voice too!  Whenever I talk to her or listen to a message she has left for me, the sound of her sweet voice just lifts me up!

Thank you God, for the pureness of children.  Thank you for their sweet words and innocent little voices.  What bright lights they all are in this world.  

Her Love Birds

All finished!
HER LOVE BIRDS
14 x 18
mixed media, acrylic, ink

a little more progress....

more progress....

By taking pictures of my progress, I'm able to see my work from another view, and then I can see better, what changes I need to make or correct.  I'm still working on her face and eyes.  I need to get one of those tools where you look through a lense and can see your work smaller-like the opposite of a magnifying glass.