It's so much of what art and creativity are, being able to confront your own demons. If you can do that, you can get through just about everything.
No one expected you to amount to much," she told me. "Lori was the smart one, Maureen the pretty one, and Brian the brave one. You never had much going for you except that you always worked hard.
My older sister achieved her dream of being an artist. She's an illustrator living in Manhattan.
If you want to be reminded of the love of the Lord, just watch the sunrise.