Feeling Grown Up

This is a 6″x8″ mixed media painting on paper covered canvas. This sides are .75″ and are painted tangerine. This painting is $73 and is available HERE.

I wrote this yesterday, Scarlett’s first day taking the school bus to school:

She is excited for the adventure but nervous too.
Is this normal mama?
‘Yes, my darling’, I try to answer but she is already moving up the stairs of the enormous school bus.
‘Hey’, I think,’ I am not ready yet.’
But she is.
This morning as she put her clothes on for school, she announced ‘I feel grown up today’ and then later, waiting for the bus, she said proudly ‘ I am four’.
I have tried to say ‘I am forty two’ with as much pride but I think I need a little more practice.