Still here!!...

I know it has been a while since I posted last, over a month now. But I'm here!!!! I'm around and about and today has been my first time to start painting again in a long while. And to tell you the truth it hasn't been easy going, some of you might know that my daughter has severe autism and since February 2012 she developed head aches and it has been going on ever since and it has only become worse.

Journal page I did one night after one very frustrating day

So it has been a huge struggle for us and mostly for her as she can only say few words, but cant articulate where or how it hurts. We know her and we all know that she's in pain and not doing well, but how do you explain that to Dr's and others who don't know her. So during this whole time we have been fighting with the medical system, hospitals and specialists and all we got was not much at all, and due to this nothing was done and she only got worse. Because of her autism and not being able to communicate verbally, her behaviours got worse and worse... Everything around here has been put on hold, I haven't been able to work or paint, life just took a place on top of the highest shelf possible and everything has been to care for her and trying to find help for her. Then finally two weeks ago, we finally found that one person who would hear us out and agree something has to be done. Finally my little girl is getting the help she needs. Now she's under medical care, some tests have been done and now we're waiting to hear. We're no longer beating our heads against walls, our pleads for help have been heard and now the path looks like its going in the direction for the light.

So between visiting our girl in the hospital, meetings with Dr's and others, medical tests, never ending phone calls and emails, we have finally been able to catch up to much needed sleep, recovered energy and even been able to get a few things done around here. One of the things was my workroom and studio space, the insulation work got done so Mr B bought me furniture and few things for my space {thank you baby} and although it has taken me over a month to get everything back in, I at last moved in again and even started to paint again. So here it is, my new space {mind you, its still messy and will take time to get all that stuff I pushed under things to get sorted through} so I snapped a few pictures...