SKaySpeak: LET'S PARTY!!!!!!

Something wonderful happened to me and all because my husband had to undergo treatment for cancer!

I'm sure that sounds really weird, but let me 'splain.

First, he's doing very well. In fact, he's finished his radiation treatments and only has a few immuno-therapy infusions left to do. And, slowly, he is beginning to regain his strength and is feeling better.

We spent a great deal of time, of course, in medical facilities. I noticed lots of really cool art hanging on the walls and decided to donate some of my paintings.

I'm not sure exactly how it came to be that I thought to make some special donations to the kids' hospital but somehow, I got connected with a woman who has become a wonderful, new friend.

She told me there were few pictures, posters or paintings in the kids' hospital and I determined to change that!!!!

I've lost count of how many paintings I've donated but it's a lot and I hope there will be lots and lots more. That is my intent! After all, I have had a storage shed full of paintings, for years, serving no good purpose to anyone!

OH! I JUST REMEMBERED!!!!

I was going through some old paintings and found this one.

THE HAPPY TREE

When I first painted it, years ago, I had no clue where it had come from! It is so unlike anything I usually do. I liked it but I just didn't know what to do with it! As soon as I saw it, I thought, 'Kids would like that, I think.' And that's when I asked Rashida , who is my husbands appointed Social Worker (and an absolute doll who is also a wonderful, new friend!) if she could help me. She put me in touch with B.J. And, as the saying goes, the rest is history!

Something has changed, drastically, in my way of approaching a painting...especially a new one. I am not very concerned with what other artists might think. I am not very concerned with how 'good' or 'bad' the painting might be. I am not much concerned with whether my friends will like it, or not. My only concern is, 'Will it make the kids smile?' If the answer is 'Yes', I am happy.

LET'S PARTY!!!