“I have a really, really busy life. I take Balance of Nature supplements, and I wouldn’t miss taking them. I hope that when I’m 103, I’ll still be taking Balance of Nature supplements. I believe in taking them.” —Martha K.
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Martha is an 80-year-old artist who has had a very busy year. She enjoys creating art, cooking, acting in community plays, doing genealogy work, and participating in service organizations.
An Artist at Heart
Martha’s first role in theater was starring as the lead role in The Little Red Hen in first grade. She also played Alice in Alice in Wonderland and Scarlett O’Hara in Gone with the Wind and appeared in various other plays through high school.
Most recently, Martha performed in a local play. “It’s based on Saturday Night Live, and it’s called Love from Winding River. It’s little segments, little vignettes of different acts. I play this obnoxious, overbearing woman. In the community, there’s only one man for every seven women, so we’re trying to get this man to move into the community. And so it’s a cute, funny play. We sort of customize it to our area and the people here. So it’s fun.”
Martha used to work at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City, negotiating with unions and taking care of art handlers in human resources, and now she’s an artist herself.
“I love art, and I love just the feeling that you get, the creative expression,” she says. “I’m probably, you know, a little definitely out there in terms of what I think is funny, but I love color.”
Martha joined an organization that tries to help underdeveloped countries by offering its citizens work in manufacturing products. They’re one of many designer agencies that upload their art to their website so it can be used to manufacture clothing and other items.
These passions run in her family. “My mother painted, my daddy painted, you know? So I do believe genetically that what you do in life, you’re sort of inclined from your genes. My dad used to like to write a lot, too. My grandfather was in a Shakespeare traveling show. I think I’ve inherited some of that interest in the theater and just creating, being creative.”
Martha says it’s easy to get stressed with everything going on today, but art helps her feel better:
“Everybody has their ups and downs, but when I paint or write, I feel good. When I do genealogy, I feel good; I feel like I know these people. So it’s just a creative release, and I feel so good. I also make custom greeting cards for people based on their life and use their pictures. I find it keeps me mentally healthy and makes my life more fun.”
Martha paints very whimsical, folk art paintings, or what one might call modern art.
(Pictured: Martha explains the thought behind her paintings.)
“I love color. I love the unusual,” she says. “I have one particular group of paintings that I do faces, and I use different themes for the face. Every feature of the face is something.”
For instance, one of her paintings is a male whose hair is made up of handbags, and another has a face made up of all golf items. She even did a painting for her dentist, where everything on the face is related to dental equipment. Martha says she always emphasizes a lot of color.
(Pictured: One of Martha’s face series. This is a painting of a face made up of handbags.)
“I get a real creative release when I do paintings, and I love writing poetry and incorporating that into a painting,” she explains. “And people laugh, you know, at my work. They say, ‘We’d like to see inside your brain!’ But that’s just the way my brain works, and I enjoy it.”
Martha’s Full Year
As a regent for the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), Martha stays busy. DAR is a national volunteer service organization with thousands of members. She is part of a chapter with 181 other regents.
“It keeps you busy, but it’s very, very rewarding to help people,” she says. “In my chapter alone this past year, we did over 5,000 hours of volunteer service for the community.”
In order to be part of the DAR, one has to show they have an ancestor who was a patriot in the Revolutionary War. So far, Martha has traced back and found five ancestors who were patriots that fought in the Revolutionary War. She also discovered other interesting connections through her love of genealogy, like relations to Johnny Cash and some senators from South Carolina.
She participates in her community in other ways, as well. From clubs and lessons to plays, she does it all.
“I’ve been in plays. I do all the church bulletins every week and do all the correspondence for my church. I work the election polls. I’m in a culinary cooking club, I paint, take art lessons—just staying busy!” Martha shares.
A Balance of Nature Believer
Martha has been taking Balance of Nature supplements for over a year and liked them so much that she sent some to her nephew so he could try them. Martha says she wouldn’t be telling people about Balance of Nature supplements if she didn’t really believe in them.
“I believe in Balance of Nature supplements one hundred percent,” she says. “I really do.”
She’s been a fan since day one. She has always been a busy person, and Balance of Nature supplements are a great time-saver in helping her get the wide variety of ingredients of fruits and vegetables that she would like.
“So I have a really, really busy life. I take Balance of Nature supplements, and I wouldn’t miss taking them. I hope that when I’m 103, I’ll still be taking Balance of Nature supplements. I believe in taking them,” she shares. “I love Balance of Nature. I’m very well pleased with the product.”
Balance of Nature Is Great for Busy Bees Like Her!
Martha says Balance of Nature supplements are very convenient, especially if you lead a busy life.
“I know that I would never, ever take the time to even try to eat all those ingredients of fruits and vegetables. With a busy life schedule, you also need convenience, and what’s more convenient than taking capsules? So I tell all my friends.”
Taking the supplements is so quick and easy that it allows Martha to have more time for the things she wants to do.
“You know, I have more time to do the things that I enjoy, like painting or writing or poetry or making custom cards or whatever I do. And of course my favorite thing is to play with my dog,” Martha shares. “I play with my dog all the time. She’s very special to me and, you know, she’s a Facebook star! So that takes a lot of energy.”
Getting the Most Out of Life
Martha advises getting as much out of life as you can get!
People have told her that the older you get, the more you’re going to decline no matter how healthy you are, but she honestly hasn’t. She has been able to maintain her energy level and keep doing the things she loves. “We’re here to enjoy life and get the most out of it.”
Martha says she is just having a ball in life and loves to be doing what she’s doing.
“I’m so happy with my life now, so happy to be able to express myself. I enjoy people.”
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