you are so loved

The timing of this afternoon’s power outage couldn’t have been more perfect for me. My older two kids were still at school, my baby was ready to be nursed and put down for a nap, and I had a burst of creative inspiration.

I’ve been wanting to create some new art for our walls, so I decided to embrace the “done is better than perfect” mantra and just go for it. I sketched out the phrase “you are so loved” onto white paper until I was satisfied with it, then traced it onto a sheet of black paper with white transfer paper. Then I just painted over the lines with white acrylic paint, framed it, and — right after the power came back on! — hung it in our dining room.

It’s not perfect, but neither are any of the people I love. And I love them anyway.