I have been MIA for several days, but I hope you all had a great Christmas and I want to wish you all a very happy New Year. I have missed you all.
The past 3 weeks have held good, bad, ugly, blessings, and trauma for us. They have been busy and bittersweet, but God is helping us to go on. On December 16 my husband's only sibling, Kay, who was the same age I am, died suddenly and without warning. We are a very close family and the loss has been almost unbearable. She was also an organ donor, which was not easy for us either. My father-in-law was sick already and the shock of losing his baby girl was almost too much for him. Kay loved Christmas so much, and already had her gifts wrapped and tagged, that her kids and grandkids wanted to go ahead with Christmas, which we did. It was hard. Kay was so full of life and always doing everything for everybody that she will be greatly missed by many people, besides her family. She left a big hole in our lives, but with God's help, we will all carry on. She would have wanted that.
I have tried to continue sketching every day, although there were some days when I just couldn't. I am sharing some of my attempts with you in this post. I scanned them as BW documents, and I don't know whether that was a good idea or not, but the pencil sketches just don't show up enough.
The first one is an attempt at a Zentangle that I call "Hiding in Plain Sight." One has a bluejay feather with a perfume bottle, which I'm sure you recognize if you've seen previous sketches, and a resin pear. One is a wild turkey feather, which is mostly fuzz held by a doll hand that fell off while I was sketching the doll in the doll challenge. Then there is a page of one white porcelin rabbit ornament jumping all over the page. He wouldn't be still. :) The last one is for Kay. It's a stone angel that I kept from her mother's funeral almost six years ago.
I hope I didn't depress anyone. I just felt like sharing today. :) I also got hung up on a Christmas Moose and sketched him 3x. What can I say? He was fun and he took my mind off things for a little while. Look for pictures soon! :)
Happy New Year All! I pray that it's healthy, happy, and creative for all of us.
PS- If the paragraphs don't seperate when I publish this time, I give up, for now. It's getting on my nerves. Will try to fix it later! Sorry!
9 comments:
I'm so sorry to hear of your loss - I can't imagine how hard it was to celebrate Christmas without her. If sketching brought you a few minutes of peace and joy, they will always be very important pages in your journal. I'm so glad that you shared.
So sorry to hear of Kay's passing. I completely understand the "hole" in your life with a sudden loss. How nice that you dedicated a sketch to her.
A difficult time, indeed. Healing bubbles to you and all of your family for the pain of loss. Thoughtful sketches, meaningful memories.
I'm sending you and your family thoughts of healing and peace. I'm so sorry for your loss. I lost a sister suddenly several years ago, and I can sympathize with your grief. Your drawings are lovely - I especially love the rabbits. nancy
I am so sorry to hear about your loss. Heartbreaking. Why do these things happen? It is especially hard when we lose someone out of turn. That happened with me, once, as well, and it had a profound effect. So I understand, to some extent, what your family is going through.
My father-in-law and mother-in-law have also been ill recently and she lost both of her remaining siblings in the span of a month, so loss has been much on my mind as well. Not the same though.
Your sketches are wonderful -
kinda surreal, like Alice in wonderland.
Best wishes for your family, for endurance, and for coping, in the coming year.
So sorry to hear of your loss. It is god that you are such a close family and can help each other through this difficult time. I hope the sketching brings you some peaceful times.
So sorry to read about your loss. As Marancat says you are close and can all try to help each other. And it's good to keep drawing - your rabbit sketches have a lot of character.
oh sharon
i am so sorry for your loss.
i am sending you all my love and wishes for a wonderful new year!
xoxoox
melissa
I add my condolences to those already given. It is such a wonderful and caring group we have here. I am so so sorry for your loss. Made all the more difficult by its unexpectedness. I've sketched my way through many difficult times in life; it always helped at least a little. Wonderful sketches.
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