While on my healing path, gifts from my mother, be it a drawing journal or a paint marker, led my imagination in pleasing and unexpected ways. I met mystical creatures--dragons, mermaids, hummingbirds and butterflies that saved me from despair. Prose, poetry, delightfully detailed drawings and paintings became a mindfulness practice that rooted me in self empowerment and grew branches into the healing arts. Stay tuned as more exciting developments unfold…