Love is: Being Proud of Myself
Day 19 --“Love is: Being Proud of Myself” 6x6, $185 (comment “sold” on instagram to purchase https://www.instagram.com/stephaniehockart/) Here's why I love making my kids take piano lessons: I get to see on a daily basis how they handle work (that they often don't want to do) and how they handle stress. I really don't care at all if they don't grow up to be famous musicians. But I care so, so much that they can show up to their lives and handle their loads, even when it's not fun or not ideal. They spend so much of their day at school with teachers and they play sports with coaches, but with piano they're home on my turf and my time and I can to observe right up close how they feel when things are hard. I love it. It's a pretty minor thing to fail at (in the scheme of things), but they also can completely succeed based on no one but themselves. We go through a lot of tears and a lot of pep talks. But we're not going to be afraid of hard. We're going to figure out how to blast through hard and get to the other side. Because you know what's waiting on the other side? The sweetest success of accomplishment, of victory, of challenging themselves and seeing all their practice pay off. They get to be proud of themselves. And I'm pretty proud of them too. 🎹
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In February, I’m challenging myself to do a painting EVERY DAY!! The paintings will explore the theme of love stories- romantic love, parental love, self-love, love for nature, etc. As some of my favorite artists said, “in the end the love you give is equal to the love you make.” Therefore, I will always be on a quest to fill the world with as much love as I can. You’ll be able to see all the paintings at #lovestoriesstephhock. Here’s how it will work: every painting will be available on a first come, first serve basis. Because they will each go to the first person to comment “sold,” you’ll want to turn on your push notifications so you can be notified each time I post a new painting! They’ll all be 6x6 inches and cost $185 each (plus tax and shipping.) Once a painting is claimed, you’ll see “🔴 SOLD” at the beginning of the caption (you can always claim second or third place in line in case the first sale doesn’t work out). Happy month of LOVE! ❤️