"Toucan"
Oil pastel

A few weeks ago my beautiful, younger sister called me and said "I am engaged!" I was taken aback and for a short while thought it was a joke. After speaking with my dad and hearing the whole story, I found out it was true. He had asked his permission, bought a huge ring, proposed in the Cayman Islands, and recorded the whole thing on video.
A few days later our families got together for a toasting, engagement party, and I got introduced as "our other daughter, Laura's sister." --League of their Own

"Old Nature vs. New Nature"
Acrylic paint

I think it is interesting that we fight an internal battle everyday and usually fall short. However, with each day there comes a new feeling of hope that we could succeed. And for some of us there is an everlasting hope/certainty that ultimately the old nature will be defeated.