My blog , home and art life has been collecting dust again but this time for a good cause !! I have been doing another family project !! It is for my Mom as she has taken a major step in seeking help with her self destructive patterns . 2 1/2 weeks ago she entered a 4 week retreat program to seek help in becoming a more whole and healthy person !!! I could not be prouder. In exchange for her willingness to do this work on her self I am willing and agreed to be there for her and give her the support she needs through the process, which so far has been being with her for 1 week before she went into the program , moving her into a smaller home and getting rid of the millions of hoarded boxes of clutter at her old home. I did and am doing this while she is in the program . This week ( week 3 ) of her program I am also doing a 4 day family week with her to help us both learn to communicate better , It has been good, but hard . I then go back friday to her home and finish up more move details like the estate sale details at her old house . Hopefully I will have time to pop home for a visit next week and then back again to bring her home and spend the first 2 weeks with her at her new home in order to help her make the adjustment to her new patterns of living and life style . I am sure it will take another life time of work but 2 weeks should help a bit and many more visit in the future IF she stays healthy, but IF not then back to tough love. What more could a daughter ask of her 73 year old mother but to have the courage to change and make these changes at 73 !!! Yippee!!!!! What a great gift she is giving her self and her loved ones !!! I am so hopeful and happy for her and the family as my Mom has been in crisis mode for some time and many family members have been heavy hearted . Please all rejoice with me and remember -As long as there is life their is hope !!Now the other side of this is my artwork business and home life have had to take a major back seat . So please say a prayer that all will be ok with those things when I get back to my life again . And I want to say a" Big Thanks "to Cal for being so supportive and helping my Mom with the move too!! Love you Sweetie!!!You have come a long way too!! And I know Peanut and Scooter miss me too and wait patiently for me to arrive back home with them where I belong.
