Has been awhile but awhile hasn't been too good. Two weeks ago my mother passed away. She was a two time survivor of cancer but she could not win the battle a third time. I miss her and frankly, I am not dealing with the loss all that well. I tend to compartmentalize the bad and move on, hoping it won't resurface. Not the best way to handle things, I know. So, I'm working at it.

I realize that she is in a much better place, free from pain. When my father said her time was close, me and my family went to see her, bringing her great grandson which she had yet to see. She got to see me, my wife, two of her grand stepchildren, and the great grandson. The hospice nurse had said she had another 2-3 weeks to live so we returned home with the intention to come back then. But within 2 days, she passed away.

I think she was just waiting to see us all one more time and see her great grandson. Once that happened, she felt herself free to move on into the after life.

Me and my wife flew down for the funeral and I spent a week with my dad. As he is want to do, he made me take home some of my stuff which was still shoved up in the attic. One of the things I found was a folder of xeroxes of my artwork. I no longer have the bulk of my original art anymore and xeroxes are all that remained. Many of these I hadn't had so, I'll be posting them in the coming weeks off and on.