As some of you may have read in my last journal from March... my family and I were going through some very serious troubles. I'm happy to announce that today I think those troubles are half-over! Not completely resolved, but today a step forward was definitely made.
Sometimes I'm afraid to celebrate these things because I fear that the catch is waiting right around the corner. I literally have nightmares about these things nearly every night since it happened. I've started to feel like the rug could be pulled from under my feet any week, day, hour or moment. I could be completely happy one minute and find myself dismayed the next. It's a terrible way to live, but that's the reality this situation created for us. If anything, I learned how to appreciate the brief moments of peace. Thank goodness for the love of my life. Without him I'm not sure I could have come this far and still kept a smile on my face (despite the expression on my new I.D. )

There is still some unfinished business to be taken care of. I highly regret procrastinating on it and I pray to all the Gods in the Universe that in the near or far future I won't be made to regret it more than I already do. If I had to do it all over again I would not have waited this long.... but of course... hindsight is 20/20.

Aside from that I have been working on a few Illustration assignments (I didn't upload most of them here) and I feel that my Illustration career is moving ahead at a good pace. It is still in it's infancy and more can be done but a start is a start! I made some first steps at the beginning of this year and they are paying off (literally). I'm not rich by any means but it pays some of those bills. I discovered that when you truly apply yourself and you have a steady goal in life you can definitely achieve everything you want to achieve. I'm enjoying it and it is keeping me quite busy. There are days when I work from morning until 2:00 AM but hell... at least I don't have to commute and I can do it while sipping my tea and sitting comfortably in front of the TV!
Of course thanks to my family troubles I do find myself very distracted from work sometimes. Stress can be a terrible creativity killer. I'm learning to cope with it.

I still can't spend a lot of time here with all of you but I try my best.
Again I want to thank all of you for keeping up with me and commenting on my recently-uploaded work even though I haven't been able to return the favor to most of you just yet. I really appreciate the advice, critiques and compliments.

I hope everyone is doing well, having fun, enjoying life.
Love you all! !!!