Hello all!

I've been quiet for a few days and it occurs to me I probably should have given some work updates, both for clients' sake as well as anyone else's. As it stands I have two outstanding story commissions and one outstanding art commission.

I had plans to get these largely finished up this week, but a family friend (who was basically like another grandparent to me) passed away on Saturday and as a result, I didn't have much time to myself to work on them. I've been gathering with his family a lot of the time and also trying to keep his widow company. I should note I've been living with them both the past 5 months or so, so it hit particularly hard.

I've largely collected myself emotionally and should be getting back to work soon! He was a man who loved to make people smile and hated to see them sad (his last request was there be a party instead of a funeral, even), and I feel getting back to work making others happy (never mind helping his wife with her bills) would be a good way to honor his memory. If there's a Heaven, I'm sure he'd get a kick out of the fact I make people happy in a very different way than he would.

Before I go, I guess I just want to say... if there's anyone in your life, especially if they're old or sick, don't think twice about spending more time with them. I currently feel like I should have done more while he was around (like everyone else who knew him, I was expecting a gradual decline in his condition, not a sudden heart attack), but I can't let that feeling eat me up. I just have to try and spend more time with the people I still have. I'd suggest that to everyone else as well. God bless.