Creating this blog has unleashed a bit of creative energy in me, and I actually *gasp* put down the facebook to do this doodle instead!

I used to draw when I was younger. I was the most artistic out of my siblings and my parents saw great potential in me. I took a few drawing and painting courses at the community college in the small Arizona town I grew up in and my teachers echoed that sentiment. I always saw art in my future... but then I moved out of state and made a lot of new friends.

E V E R Y O N E was an artist.

I have to admit it was a huge blow to my confidence. So many of them were extremely skillful and lightyears ahead of me in the talent department. I wouldn't say I gave up entirely, but my zest for art definitely got knocked down a notch.

After getting married and having kids I no longer found the time to draw.

A decade has passed now. I see other artists honing their skills and getting better and better over the years and I wonder how good I could be right now if I had practiced every day.

Well, I didn't! 

Instead, I spent my 20's running after kids and I can't change that even if I wanted to, but ... I'M NOT DEAD YET!

For those of you who are older than me, that is probably a totally obvious statement, but if you are a young 'un like I was you might occasionally think that life ends at thirty.

Now that I have reached that big old number, I look ahead and see my kids growing up and becoming more independent over time... and maybe, possibly, I might actually be able to fit things like drawing in where all that butt-wiping currently is.

I can only hope.