I haven’t forgotten the commitment to teach. Before teaching, comes learning. In this case, learning to use this site.
To introduce myself, I come from a well-to-do family that was as dysfunctional as it gets. At my age, (79 and retired) I am grateful for the challenges. While some things caused irreparable damage, I am a survivor. I can handle challenges. It isn’t always easy – but I have 3 angels to guide me – having lost 3 daughters throughout my life. My brain is not as sharp as many. That makes it more important for me to consider other people who use fiber arts, and other crafts as ‘therapy.’ Sometimes the goal isn’t ‘easier’ but ‘possible.’
As an update since losing the ability to publish on my free blog: I learned I do not have thyroid cancer after a six-month wait for a biopsy. The new desktop died and needed resuscitation. Having limited internet in the back-of-beyond, it would take an entire month to recover from exhausted data transfers, each time. Did I say, I have PTSD and cannot tolerate stress? Did I tell you that 8 years later, I still cannot read after the death of my youngest daughter? I am doing better, but it is still a struggle, and for relaxation, I listen to books audibly.
Through it all, I told myself that nature and all of life seek balance. Life has been a struggle, which tells me that good things are coming to balance this pain and suffering. And I believe it, even when I don’t believe it.
More to come!
Elaine Rutledge Art 