11/9/2024
The thought from the outside might be that this card would be about the fact that my cancer has relapsed. While sad/disappointing, it does not explain the grief in this card. I made this card the day after the election. I still am in disbelief in the results. It is terrifying to think how many things will change in the next few months due to his policies. The woman in the card is separated from her arm. I know, with my experience of working with amputees, that when a limb is amputated, there is phantom pain that sometimes never goes away. The person can have real nerve-like pain in a limb that isn’t there. I think that is how things are for women, starting back 2 years ago when Roe v. Wade was overturned and the abortion bans began. The heart also is broken in two with the smaller part left behind. The stones in the foreground remind me of how hard is to walk on a surface like that and how things are going to be hard for the next few years. (this relates to both going thru cancer treatment and trying to live in this country for the next four years.
The moon, however, represents that God is always present and no matter what new laws are enacted we can look up to the heavens and be present with God and know he is there. The arrows suggest that I am once again at a pivotol time in my life. Yes, I am disappointed that my cancer is back but I know I can come back from this as I have before. What do you give me? Really just an empathetic hug from me to my inner self; whatever I am feeling at the time, be gentle with myself and try to practice self-care.
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