For ten months now, I have been waiting and waiting for some help. I have endured many accusations and much pain. I have had to watch my life turn upside down and inside out - lost friends and confidence. But...I have also gained! I have newfound friendship that would never have been possible otherwise and strengthened the ones who have remained. I have discovered many things about myself and I have maintained a sense of self because of it. I have new dreams and I have hung onto old dreams with a renewed passion. Today I put faith in one person, one person holds the key to the locked door I keep running into - he is a surgeon.

Ok.....enough of the melodramatics!! My plight has not ended, but at least I have some answers and.....more Drs to see! My problem is the "adductor tendon" (the tendon connecting thigh muscles to the pelvis and controls mobility and direction of the leg). Apparently pain management is my best resolve here. It can be accomplished through either surgery or medication, but I shall be left with a permanent disability. Oh well...thems the brakes! At least now I can organise my life a bit more effectively and just "get on with it!!" My good news is that through meeting so many different people on this journey of medical mazes..I have just sold 6 paintings and commissioned for one.....now that is what I want to hear!! The news is out!

I am most certainly a morning person. I wake anywhere from 4am -6am...any later than that and it is a sleep in! I love that time of the day, it is so quiet yet the birds and creatures of the world are stirring and preparing for their day. I love the freshness of a new day and missing that, should I sleep in is a real downer! I have my best ideas and can conjur my creativity in a manner which is peaceful and fluid. I am totally mummified when evening comes - ready for bed is a statement that occurs after 10pm.

Merry Christmas to each and every one!!
My wish for 2008 is, that mankind will see the error of his ways. That he will look upon his life as a tool to help others and not himself. That he shall care for his planet and all of the creatures that make the beautiful world we live in such an amazing place. That he will want to keep the air fresh and the water healthy - that, that desire will overcome the desire for material waste and artifical standards. This wish comes from my very soul.