I see that my last post was April 2. I need to offer an explanation about my absence on this blog. A year ago in April 2021, my husband was diagnosed with a terminal form of cancer. We spent the following 12 months going to medical appointments - including two hospitalizations and numerous chemo injections and blood transfusions. He died on Easter Sunday, April 17 of this year.
It was a challenging time for us and we were so thankful for the support of our family and many friends.
During that year, George wrote about his experience of 'living into death.' (Before his diagnosis, he had been writing a weekly column for a local online newspaper.) These new essays, written following his diagnosis, elicited comments from all over the country.
For several months before his death he and I talked about compiling his essays into book form and he asked that I provide sketches for each essay, It would be a final 'us thing.'
So, as part of my personal grief work, I have finished 22 images, edited the essays, worked on a title and cover page...and the book is 'in the works.'
Each essay will be headed by an image and a phrase that was picked out of the text. I want to share a preview of a few of the sketches before they are published.
