My Absence

Oh my, this month has been a bit of a whirlwind. I had not intended to have a nearly month-long absence.

Let me begin with October Take 12. I took my photos and then was unable to pick up prints due to a sick child. I got my prints and then the most horrible thing happened. My niece was still born. My sister was 26 weeks pregnant. There were no concerns about the pregnancy. It was a textbook-perfect pregnancy, but something didn’t feel right. She went to the doctor and they could not find her baby’s heartbeat.

She lives in Florida and I live in Illinois. The next few days were spent supporting her over the phone, updating family and friends on Facebook,  and planning a way to get to Florida all while keeping up with everything else I need to do for work and my family. Not only did I need to plan a flight, I had to get my classes covered and prepared for when I returned. I had to get childcare arranged for my daughter. My husband could not take off work and she attends preschool nearly an hour from where he actually works. This all worked out and I was home in time for Halloween. My point is that this website was a much lower priority.

All this happened at the same time I had no new posts scheduled. This blog fell to the side, but now I am back.

One of my tasks while in Florida, was to help my sister create a shadowbox for Annabelle. I thought I would share a photo of the shadowbox (in-progress in this photo):