the day you were born

i can remember it was around this time that i began drawing this picture,
3 years ago in my dad's office.
unbeknownst to me that i would greeting you for the first time later that day.
i came home and started to feel contractions or "rushes" as they are more humanely called these days
lol...
i had initially planned on doing the natural childbirth but when faced with the decision, i changed my mind and got the epidural
its funny because i remember being really disappointed in myself at the time for caving.
i wanted my spiritual experience dammit!
in hindsight i look back and have a little laugh with myself
i was about to give birth to the most wonderful thing in my life and i was troubled over semantics?
go figure... us humans really know how to complicate things. lol

anyways, flash forward 3 years and today is my daughter nova's birthday. im sitting here reflecting on just how divine life's plan can be.
things that scare us initially or push our boundaries are something we seem inherently resistant to
but as im continuously taught they are the things that give our life meaning.
in the words of fiona apple "here's coming a better version of me..."

thanks to my daughter for helping me see life through a child's eyes... i forgot how to do that. lol here's to super nova!!

im not sure what this link will do...lol

guess im still new to this idea of sharing my life online to.... well to anyone who finds me to be a kindred spirit. as for this link it is my venture to find the happy medium to being an artist and support myself while going through school and raising a beautiful 3 year old. lol.... vintage clothing. shall i call it an obsession? lol.... i always did love the smell of nostalgia :)

http://www.etsy.com/shop/NovaLux?ref=si_shop

a magical time

i love when the heat shifts and you can feel the change in the seasons. here in L.A. thats not always easy. lol
we had a lightning storm the other day and it reminded of when i was a kid....
our whole family under the same roof. i sorta of miss those days.
anyways, one nite our parents woke us up to the amazing vision of lightning in their bedroom window. we had a panoramic view...
it is such a wonderful memory to be with my family, in the middle of the nite making a memory.
alas, we are all grown up now- and really the only nite now as adults where we recall our younger years is christmas eve.
i suppose thats why i love this time of year so much- we all wear our matching pajamas and its ok to be a kid again.
when things were more simple.
setting up traps for santa and trying to watch as mom and dad wrapped presents.
secretly, we didn't really want to catch him but the joy of plotting together- simply magical.
for that one nite we could suspend belief in reindeer that fly and dreams that come true.
it turns out they do, it just takes a little imagination...
christmas reminds me to keep my spirit young and remember the nites when anything is possible as long as your with the one's you love