Love | Art

Growing up, I felt like I didn’t fit in... so I became a professional teachers pet. It’s one of the reasons I became a teacher, I wanted to rescue people like me. The kids who felt like no one knew their name, yet was voted senior class “best friend”.

I’ve always known how to give love, never how to receive it. In 2018, after isolating myself, suffering depression and anxiety, a friend told me I was trippin’ and I could not say no to attending her wedding.

I hadn’t been to a wedding in years. I became a master at saying no to most things, especially weddings. But I decided to go to this one because she called and threatened me when I missed the deadline to RSVP and kind of made me. The venue was called Heaven and it was apparent that God was intentional about that moment in time. I saw love that day.

It wasn’t until recently when my father told me that he was an artist that I understood and accepted who I was. He said, “just because I don’t paint canvas doesn’t mean I’m not an artist. I can paint canvas, walls, or buildings. I could do anything. I just don’t have time to do all that, so I artistically lay tiles and build homes.”

It was then that I realized that art is in everything love. God is love and He also the master creative of the universe. I then discovered that WE are all artists and we can all find joy in creativity. We just have to do our best work and believe.

From now on, I’m giving you my best work... and I believe.
I would like to invite you to see what your best friend has been doing these past few years since I began to see with the eyes of Love.