"If I had a million dollars, I'd buy you some art (a Picasso or a Garfunkel)"

Okay, so here's the thing. I am not a classy gal. I can admit this. I'm not proud of it and while I've overcome a lot of my trailer-park childhood, there are still a few little things that seem to hang around. Like my love of NASCAR. But while blog-stalking one day, I saw a contest for a free art card from Katie Berggren. www.kmberggren.com I hopped over to her website expecting to see some random paintings that A. Were weird-looking or B. I didn't understand. I was not even a little prepared for how much I would love her art and how much I would wish I had a spare $475 to own a piece or two or three or all of them. Oh my heck. This art evokes every Mommy emotion I've ever had which makes it all the more powerful. Take, for example, this piece titled "Forgiven": Maybe I'm just overly emotional, but looking at this picture for a minute just brings tears to my eyes! (Hello! Have you READ my crazy posts about selling my kid to the highest (really, ANY) bidder?) This is what she has to say about the painting:"Not all is peaches and cream in a home with small children, and sometimes I wonder if I’m a hypocrite by painting only those sweet moments. This piece is heavy for me – I fall from grace and bark at my little ones occasionally...
For a variety of reasons I’ve asked my children to forgive me and they me. I believe in the power of forgiveness...In this painting, the mother is very nearly looking toward the sky, as if to confirm the forgiveness that she is either giving or receiving."
AAAAAHHHH!! I'm tearing up again. I'm not really a terribly sappy girl, but I'm a Mommy and I'm an imperfect Mommy at that. I just can't honestly say I've ever seen art that depicts the things I feel! I've been to Paris--I've seen the "real" stuff and it was pretty and thought-provoking but I can only think of one other painting that has ever evoked EMOTION. Anyway, I'm rambling and I have groceries to put away and banana bread to bake. Pardon my sappiness. If you have an extra 500 bucks, go over and buy some of her art--I'm not even getting commission on this! ;o)