My other favorite possession is a large oil painting that hangs in our bedroom. It was painted by a great and extremely talented friend of ours while I sat in her studio drinking apricot beer, before M and I were married, before we had kids and I was still able to sit around watching art happen. My husband located the painting, many years after it had left her hands and presented to me as a birthday gift. Every morning I see it and every morning it makes me happy.