My Masterpiece🤣

I’m really putting myself out here by sharing my art with you all! I wish I was good with art, but I’m not AT ALL. I have ideas, but I can’t visualize them or execute! But I know the purpose of art therapy is not the art but the process of creating. For our first workshop, out of four, we were supposed to ponder the following question: What are you grateful for today? Then, we were supposed to create in our artwork all the things we could think of that we were grateful for that day. First, I listed all the things I was grateful for today. Then, I drew an angel because I know where all the things I am grateful for come from. I glued today’s date from the newspaper on her dress because cancer has taught me to live one day at a time, recognizing and being thankful for all the things I am grateful for. I colored her in ROY G BIV because when we were saying goodbye to my daughter at college, a giant, complete rainbow emerged right between her dorm and the mountain. There was nothing between, except us. It was amazing and one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen, and I knew then that my daughter would be OK, and so would I. And with my cancer, I can see my blessings and the things that I am grateful for under new lenses, more clearly, and I know that no matter what happens, everything is going to be OK. The next workshop, we will focus on change and the things we can and can’t control. This will be a big one for me. I really have trouble with control. I don’t want to let go of the control I try to have over everything in my life, probably because so much has been out of control. And I have trouble facing/ dealing with the things that are not in my control, including cancer and the unknown future. So, we’ll see what happens at the workshop, and we’ll see what kind of masterpiece 🤪 I create next!

I am feeling so much better than I anticipated today! I took Claritin and Advil, so hopefully that’s the magic combo. I’m pretty nauseated today, but it’s OK. I am taking it easy and will tomorrow, too, so that I can do the breast cancer 5K on Saturday. Just wanted to update you that I’m feeling better today after that bone strengthener. UGH!! Stay safe and healthy, everyone! Maybe I’ll update again after the 5K. Otherwise, I’ll write from chemo in a couple of weeks or after my next art therapy workshop, whichever comes first.