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Every Summer has a story, mine was more like a novel. It's coming to an end this week and I've only finished one painting. A painting called Riding Grandma's Bike. I love the way it turned out and it was a lot of fun doing, but that was all the time I had to paint this summer. I've missed being in my studio.
I flew to Ohio in Mid July to start working in my studio there, but after just one week I received a call that my mother had been found in a coma in her home. I flew back to Utah the next morning and stayed with her during her 9 day hospital stay. Doctors discovered that she had advanced pancreatic cancer and only had 2-3 months to live. So I moved in to be her caregiver and help my father out as well. We got set up with Hospice a wonderful organization that helps those who have less than a year to live. We had all the things we would need brought in a Hospital bed and all the extras to make her comfortable. I cared for her night and day along with my sister in-law, and those were precious moments for me now. Mom lasted only 6 days after coming home from the hospital. It was a whirl wind.
I've taken what was left of the month of August and the past 2 weeks of September to try and get my head around all that happened so quickly and to spend some time grieving. I hope to begin to painting tomorrow. I'm not promising how much work I'll get done, or what type I will be doing. I'm thinking it will be very emotional work. This hurt is so deep it still feels like a knife to the chest. I miss her dearly everyday.
My mother was suffering from Alzheimer's as well as the cancer and I will continue to donate all profits to the Alzheimer's Assoc. on the sale of her favorite painting "Helping Hands" by me Jackie Carpenter. Thanks for your patience with me. Please stop and buy a print so we can stop these horrible illnesses.
