Paint Me a Mermaid

I lived with Rachel out in California from 2004 to 2005. Recognizing her amazing artistic ability I asked her to paint me a mermaid because I love them and I thought she would do an amazing representation of one. Well, life gets busy and weeks, then months would go past and occasionally I would say “Rachel paint me a mermaid.” In February 2005, I moving back home to have my first baby. I woke up the day I was leaving to find a tarp and paint and a canvas all over the front room floor. Rachel had stayed up all night to paint me a mermaid. I have had it hung in my apartments and now home for the last 20 years. Each time I look at it I am reminded of her joy, butterfly busy schedule, love for others and that morning when I saw my finished mermaid. -Sheá