[Meera Bakshi]

Oh wow..it's not just me who is waking up from long long sleep! I don't know if I am weak to face the situation and succumbed to it or it might be called very natural reaction...but my elder son got dreadful news of esophageal stomach cancer last October 2014 and after that 4 months of his chemo radiation and surgery mentally drained out all of us in the family. In the month of February, 2015 he got the surgery done and complications arose after that major double surgeries, (complete esophagus removal + 2/3 of stomach removal and remaining stomach converted into food pipe connected to upper end of esophageal opening), his recovery was too painful to see. Fortunately his doctors released him to go back to work, he has gradually caught up with normal routine though he still is facing several types of pains that all specialty doctors say those pains are part of the recovery. But as a mother and living far away from him (he is in Atlanta and I am in Sierra Vista AZ) it is hard to make up mind set to do painting or any creative activity.
Well, all said and done, thanks for today receiving one thread response in my inbox, I visited this site and felt fresh air to breathe for my soul. I have a few paintings that I had done prior to October 31st 2014 that I will post here in near future. I will try to visit this forum as much as possible as I do feel it is so very rejuvenating.
Thanking Cynthia Daniel for keeping me on this forum even though I was absent for such a long time.
Wishing everybody well.