Sure was, PD.
Nello actually was a pretty okay dude in that he was respectable, hardworking and was quite willing to marry me, but I guess he wanted to ensure that he was not marrying a young run-around (which, in a way, I was).
Yes, losing Carlos was devastating, and frightening. How quick his bump on the leg turned into malignant bone cancer.
I use photoshop Elements with a mouse. I have very little luck using the pen attachment. Sometimes I do a pre-sketch in pen and ink, and photograph it and put into Elements. then try to fix it. Sometimes that works, and sometimes not. The mouse is really hard to work with on smaller details.
A lot of the time my proportions are all wrong. Thanks for asking.