04/24/2025. This is a collage I did back on Oct. 1, 2024. I went to an art class sponsored by the Cancer Support Community at Northside. Things about this collage:
The way the porches line up makes them look like windows or doors into the future. Remember, we don’t know what the future holds! The little girl saying “Shhhh” represents that I’m learning more about myself; I don’t have to share it. I’m still healing, both physically and mentally, and I can keep it to myself until I am ready to share it with others. In that class, everyone in my group talked about the comfort and support we get from our dogs. I don’t know what I would do without my sweet dog, Lucy, who looks nothing like the dog in the collage. This collage gives me hope but also makes me a little melancholy. On the night I was journaling about the collage, I had a huge blow-up with my husband. It makes me wonder what the point of this existence is.
Addendum: I am learning that these intense feelings of anger and loss come mostly from a reaction to all I’ve been through. The good thing is that my husband and I usually work our problems out, and I don’t stay upset for long. Angie
