Tuesday: It's official!

I received word from a friend (a half world away) that my painting has arrived. On this day, I’ve officially sold a painting! I’m ecstatic! Now I’m more confident about my art and if anyone asks if I’ve ever sold any, I can say a triple YES! Once my friend frames the painting and takes a picture of it, and send me a copy, I’ll post it on my art site.

So Tuesday started with something new just like Monday and great just like Sunday. But the evening ended on a sort of sad but lesson ladened (and I always try to have that here) note.

I watched the life story of the late “Karen Carpenter (1950-1983)” who fought “Anorexia Nervosa” for years. Karen had one of the greatest voices the music industry will ever produce. Karen was a beautiful and exceptionally talented woman but couldn’t see it. The shallow and twisted view of the world on what is ‘beautiful’ sped her demise. She died from a heart failure due to years of starving herself to be perfectly thin (perfectly too thin to live longer than 32).

Since I’ve no picture to post here for you today, I just picked one of my favorite songs of Karen…

NOTE: We women should take care of our bodies for health and confidence but not to the point of killing ourselves, being a mere skeleton or being dead is neither healthy nor beautiful. If you notice you or someone you know has an eating disorder of sort, get HELP.