She is my inspiration. And she is constantly teaching me. She taught me something just yesterday in fact. I was over at my mom's house helping my niece get all glamoured up for prom. So much fun by the way! So, anyway, after pictures had finally died down, Andrea was gonna do some more of her researching on the internet. Something she loves to do! She looks up all sorts of things! Her favorite actors/actresses, favorite movies, picture ideas of the her next drawing that she'll perfectly complete, etc. (By the way, according to her the best search engine is bing.com not google.com. Apparently she is too cool for google! lol I love her!) Well, she goes to access bing and the internet was down for some reason. So I was trying to help her figure out what the issue was. (Ended up that during all the picture taking, someone had accidentally unplugged the wireless.) Anyhow, as I was reaching over to her computer to get the internet connected again, I knocked her sprite over and it spilled everywhere! You should know that right next to her chair she keeps all of her coloring pages and drawings that she is currently working on. This girl is the BOMB at drawing and coloring. Seriously, she is really good. She has by far the most creative mind I have ever witnessed. And she spends a lot of time on each project. Well, the sprite spilled all over one of her coloring projects. I felt so awful. Literally, I could have cried right at that moment, because I know how hard she works on them. So I instantly begin apologizing profusely from the bottom of my heart while trying to help my mom dry things off. Her coloring page was soaked. And I thought most likely ruined.
But you know what Andrea did? She looked at me and said "Marie, it's okay. It's okay." Not a mad bone in her body. She wasn't aggravated one bit. I can't get her reaction out of my mind. How many times do I get mad at the stupidest things each day of my life? The person in front of me is driving too slow. I had to put my husband's dirty socks once again in the hamper (lol). I had a long day at work. Whatever it may be! I can get frustrated a lot. But why?! Why do I waste my time and energy?
Once again, my baby sister has stopped me in my tracks. Once again, she has taught me another life lesson. Once again, she made me want to become a better person. To me, she is perfect in every way. She had every right to be somewhat upset with me or at least upset at the situation. I was a little careless when I bent over and wasn't paying attention. Instead, she chooses patience. Instead, she chooses compassion. Instead, she chooses love. Instead, she chooses to comfort. She's perfect.
Now I pray that her words instantly come into my mind the moment I begin to feel aggravated with something silly....."Marie, it's okay. It's okay."
She creates more than art; she creates blessings. She creates better people. She, without a doubt, makes this world a better place.
The coloring page I thought I had ruined! My mom took an iron over it and it was good as new! She sent me this picture of Andrea getting back to work on it! :) That made me happy!
She drew this by hand without tracing or anything. And then colored it in with colored pencils. I wish I also had pictures of her recent drawings of a peacock and an elephant! They are amazing!
One of her coloring pages that she colored with markers! It's perfectly colored!
Another one of her coloring pages! She takes images and will create designs on them! And they are flawless. Seriously she has such a creative mind. Some of the designs I've seen her do are insanely good!
And one of her many puzzles she worked super hard on finishing completely by herself.
Take a look at her art!!! I only had a few saved on my phone. She has seriously created some masterpieces! She does anything from coloring pages, to pottery, to drawing, to making puzzles. You name it and she can make it.
See!!! Told you she was AWESOME!!!
