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 My recent favorite medium to draw with is a brush pen! I go too much into details with pencil or skinny pens, but brush pens force me to be simple and I just love the soft lines it makes.

I have a couple of friends who are either pregnant or had a baby, so I drew a personalized illustration for each one. I had fun thinking about each of the babies and moms.

The drawing process in itself was fun. But the thing is, I had a miscarriage recently. It's been hard to be in a happy mood and to be productive for a while. I sincerely want to celebrate my friends' new babies and I am very happy for them. At the same time, I'm honestly sad that my baby didn't make it through to be celebrated and to be held and loved like other babies, and still cry once in a while for no reason. But my dear friend Dali told me to keep creating stuff, to feel empowered and to use talent as a means of therapy. And it is very helpful. I get to focus on what God's given me and make others happy at the same time. Seeing results of the creative process helped me feel better when I was physically and emotionally weak during those months. I'll focus on what I have instead of what I don't. I'm thankful even though I'm under the weather.