Remembering my Mom


Please, don't worry. I have not sunk down into the depths of hell again.

It was a rough week,with the anniversary of my daughter's father's death. I am very excited though, because of all the processing and "dealing" I have been doing, I am now watching her process the tragic loss she has been dealt. I am so proud of her.

Tomorrow marks the anniversary of my mother's death. I must say that the poem I wrote last year, here on DeviantART has really helped me in my recovery. I will probably post it again on Mother's Day, and who knows how many times after that! DeviantART has been a great healing tool for me and I thank you all for that.

I have some news and a Contest!

Thanks to my dear friends `mom-the-bomb and @IaiaRose I have been inspired to start a portrait studio. We have the room here and I will go into more detail about that soon. I am not a portrait photographer but have been asked by family and friends if I would do some work for them. I normally turn it down. The economic crisis has hit us pretty hard and I am grabbing every job I can right now!

I will learn as much as I can from the great portrait photographers here.

I NEED YOUR HELP
I have been using my signature (shell) as my photograph signature for many many moons. I would like a logo/stamp for just my portraits with the signature incorporated into it. I want to start a contest for it.

What should the contest prize be? Is a year sub enough? Help me out please

Should I start a new account just for the portraits? Or should I host them somewhere else?

I seem to direct people here to my dA account all the time. I love the way everything is categorized and so nicely presented. How about you?

Lots of questions for you this time!!

I owe a huge amount of thank you notes to you. My family has been down with a dang head cold, but I am thinking of you..and they are still on their way.. but until then THANK YOU!!!

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