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| Shattered Curves |
I love “Shattered Curves” and the way it evolved for months
in my studio. Little did I know when I created it that it was going to speak so
loudly and boldly in my not too distant future. God has a way of working through us that way, doesn't he?
Last year was a great year for
me. Venturing out to sell my hand dyed fabrics at quilt shows, “Old Alton
Bridge” was published in Lone Stars III:
Texas Quilts Today, “Outside In” and “Truck Quilt” were juried into the
International Quilt Festival in Houston and I taught my first workshop to the
Dallas Area Fiber Artists. Not to mention, my regular duties with the DAFA
Annual Show and being on the board, oh, and I volunteered to be the President
of DAFA for 2012-2013. It was my year of stepping out and on the path of
working to build up Studio Jules.
Oh, but wait a minute! This year the path has come to a screeching halt
and my best laid plans have been shattered. My “Mr. Wonderful” was having health issues and we
needed to figure out what was going on. And this, my friends, is why I haven’t
blogged in two months. “Mr. Wonderful” has been diagnosed with Early On-Set
Alzheimer’s. Yes, at the age where we are starting to plan his retirement in
10-12 years, we are facing the worst nightmare we could imagine. The past two
months we have seen to two neurologists, one neuropsychologist, MRI’s, PET
scans, you name it, we are doing it. It is a roller coaster each and every
week. We are at the point of accepting the diagnosis and trying not to talk
about it every day. We are getting use to making adjustments and re-thinking the future. There is so much information out on Alzheimer's and so much research work that is being done. At times it is all very overwhelming.
So, my friends, if you don’t see posts from me as often as
you would like, know that I’m still here, just other issues are taking up my
studio time. And I am fighting each week to make time in the studio!
What am I working on now? Well, baby quilts. Our church just
started a Baptism Quilters group and I am working with them. I have a couple of
art quilts on my table and wall, but those are slow works in progress.
I'll try to post as I can, they just may be short and sweet posts about what I'm working on, or just completed.
2 comments:
My heart goes out to both of you. I almost can't imagine a more devastating diagnosis. I hope you can maintain a studio time "schedule" so you can get away a little each day and lose yourself in your art, if only for a short time. And I think there is always hope. There's so much research going on...even here in Las Vegas at a local hospital.
Jules, You & Jeff are in my thoughts and prayers.
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