Love me tender

"Oh, she may be weary
Young girls they do get weary ..."

-- Otis Redding, "Try a Little Tenderness"

Self portrait 5-31-13

“And then I remember this morning and I wonder 

if it really happened or if I dreamed it. 

It was nice. And weird. And tender. 

I'm not used to tender. It's a fossil, that word. 

Conditions changed and it died out. Like the woolly mammoth.” 

-- Jennifer Donnelly, Revolution

Try a little tenderness

"Tender," she said again. 

"Tender is kind and gentle. 

It's also sore, 

like the skin around an injury.”

                                                                                        --Brenna Yovanoff, The Space Between

Polymer clay sad face 4-23-13

Please be gentle.
I am feeling tender today.

P.S. I am featured today on 365-days guru Noah Scalin's "Make Something 365 and Get Unstuck" blog. Check it out at http://makesomething365.blogspot.com/2013/04/erins-face-day.html

Don't face it alone

Tenderness 1-3-13

Life is hard. Too hard to face alone. Everybody needs a little tenderness. Even Joe.