When I am my most tired and overwhelmed, reading will often help settle my thoughts, and sometimes even put them into words. As I am scrolling through hundreds of deep and meaningful messages and quotes, one literally made me laugh out loud, and something clicked.
It moved with me from studio to studio becoming the guardian to hold whatever cumbersome thing that was keeping me from unlocking the door. Until one day, one of my long time shoppers who had nothing but love and support for 'The Painted Mermaid' spotted it and asked if it were for sale ...
