So I'm back on the DeviantArt world, and hopefully for a longer while.

A lot has changed since I last updated. In the last year and few months there have been real eye opening experiences in my life--I met and fell in love with a Marine from Connecticut, watched parts of my family fall apart, and parts of it come together, became pregnant, lost the baby, spent many a nights on Camp Pendleton and Best Westerns, met really amazing people, watched people from my past finally grow a brain, gained new family members, got a new Star Wars tattoo, and became a true chain-smoker.
Currently, Kevin (my Marine) is deployed. When I met him, I was depleated of all and any will to create more art, learn, read, do things, etc. We were both at points in our lives when the things we loved to do the most, we cared the least about. One thing he has truly taught me is to never look too far into the future, as it's unclear and can change at any instant; To always do what you can now. Our biggest fears came to fruitation when the baby died and he deployed, but so much good has come out of it. He has always encouraged me to do more art, and that's where I stand now--in an art "rehab" of sorts. Just regaining that will to live has taken the last 9 months to get used to and sometimes I revert back to old ways, but I try not to, and I think being on this website will encourage me in the ways he cannot right now from Afghanistan. We are getting married when he returns this winter, and from there I hope to have art become a lively part of my life again.

I have truly come out of my shell and bloomed. 20 years old and life, though it's been a struggle, is finally good.

SO! I should have more art on here soon. It may not be good, but it will be mine. And that's all I can ask of myself for now.

--Kat