I've been glued to the computer watching these videos..... it's all about the process and not so much about the "pretty". I've been spending way too much time on this stuff...but having lots of fun!
I went to see my mom on Saturday and it dawned on me that she probably doesn't really know who I am. She has a faint look of recognition but I'm not sure she knows me or my sisters anymore. I think she knows we are "familiar", she listens to the conversation and laughs at appropriate times but I'm not sure she knows us. I take her a hamburger and milkshake every time I visit, she loves those milkshakes! It's fun to watch her expression when she takes her first sip. My daughter frowned when she read the page above about my mom...she said "you need to stop writing all the sad stuff about Grandma" and focus on all the happy memories you have of her...... maybe she has a point....but after all, it is for ME and not to please anyone else...
In other news...remember this?
found at a yardsale a few weeks ago and now hanging in my bathroom?
Well my husband and I were watching American Pickers and he noticed that Frank was walking around holding the same mirror at a junk place! They never mentioned how much he paid for it but I'm betting I got the better deal!
I've been busy making lots of pillows and more are on the way! I've been lucky enough to sell some in my Etsy shop...that makes me so very happy!
Have a wonderful week!
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Posted by: mziwatadj | April 13, 2012 at 04:21 AM
I'm so sorry to hear about your mom. It breaks my heart. I know how difficult it is. I think I blogged more because of my mom at her different stages. Yes, it's for you and no one else. {{hugs}}
Now that mirror! How funny to see it on pickers! I love that show!!!! xoxo
Posted by: Rosa | June 23, 2010 at 08:04 PM
It is tough when they don't recognise you. I think you should write whatever you want about your mother.. it helps to write what you are really feeling and thinking.
Alison
Posted by: Alison Gibbs | June 19, 2010 at 07:51 AM
Regardless of whether your mother recognizes you, she knows you come visiting and bringing those milkshakes. She still has the pleasure of your company. Why not journal about important things, even when they aren't easy? Resonance in life and art comes from deep within us, not just from what we too often take for granted on the surface. While YOU are able to make beautiful pages, make them and capture her gentle face as well as her struggle (and yours). Hugs to you. Pam
Posted by: pamelajane | June 18, 2010 at 12:50 PM
I absolutely think you should put your feelings out there whatever they may be. After all when we write it, we accept and live it. Big hugs!
Posted by: Jill | June 17, 2010 at 12:34 PM
Robin, i agree with what Heather said about your journal pages...they really are beautiful...i am not good at that kind of art either...i am much too critical of myself...and i don't like my writing...if it helps you to journal about your mom and how she is now, then that is a therapeutic process and you need to do it...too funny about the mirror...i only watch pickers occasionally, so i missed that one...
Posted by: Lori | June 15, 2010 at 06:29 PM
I KNEW I had seen that mirror on AP somewhere before.... I just couldn't remember where. :oD Love it! Want one! And why don't M & F find stuff we (us?) girls like???? lol
Posted by: Kay | June 15, 2010 at 04:33 PM
I think everyone gets a better deal than those pickers, they really overpay!!!
You are right, an art journal is about your own emotions so write away.
Posted by: Karla Nathan | June 15, 2010 at 09:20 AM
I'm sorry that you mom doesn't recognize you. The page above made me cringe at first, I agreed with your daughter but then, hey, you know what? you are right! Your art is for you to express how you are feeling, and you have every right to be sad. I would be. I think maybe we just worry that it can be easy to stay sad and forget the good times.
Anyway, even though there may be a tiny part of her brain making her memory fuzzy, she could never forget you, you are part of her soul.
xoxo
Cari b.
Posted by: luckygirlgifts | June 15, 2010 at 03:50 AM
I agree with Heather. Writing about your mother helps you deal with it. I had to smile when I read about the milkshake. I do the same thing. I often bring my dad a hamburger and a milkshake. He also has Alzheimer's and I'm not sure if he knows me or not. So often he's kind of withdrawn and living in his own little world...it's hard to tell. I'm just grateful that he's content.
Posted by: Betty | June 14, 2010 at 10:13 PM
Robin, your artwork is really really beautiful...and I have seen how much you have grown with it. I am not very good at the journaling on the page type of artwork... I admire your work so much!
I don't know if I ever told you this, but my Grandfather whom I love so dearly also has alzheimers disease. He just turned 92 this week, over the last two years he has gotten much worse and doesn't have a clue who I am when I see him. I am sure that having your Mom not recognize you is just heartbreaking sometimes... and I know I cry sometimes when I leave there so I am sure it would be even HARDER if it were my Mom. I always think it is almost like they are already dead...but yet still alive. Does that make sense?
I think your journaling is a way to get over the shock sometimes... or sometimes when I go I just keep waiting for him to recognize me but he never does. I know he REALLY does not know me because he never left me without saying I love you... but now when I say it he never says it back. :( that is how I know he truly does not know me anymore.
sorry for the essay! Just wanted to share...
xoxo Heather
Posted by: Heather ~ Pretty Petals | June 14, 2010 at 09:47 PM