One of the ironies of losing a parent is that everyone wants to talk to you during a time when you don’t feel like talking to anyone. Thankfully just about everyone understands why that is.
Thank you for reading my thread. I wish you a wonderful rest of your day. (13/13)
I’m happy to say that I’m working on new artwork again, and I'll have something to post tomorrow. If I’m being honest, knowing how to “come back” is a task unto itself. I’m taking baby steps reconnecting with people because the amount of people who've reached out online & IRL has been overwhelming.
What brought me back is realizing how sad my mom would be if she learned that I quit “JCKIX” just because she died. My mom was super supportive of my art; not only did she pay for my art lessons, but she actually liked my drawings. Yes, really! She even knew who Adelaide is (she’s my OC). (11/13)
During my lowest moments, I considered walking away from “JCKIX” entirely. I didn’t pick up the pencil for three weeks after mom died. Losing my mom has changed my perspective on what is and is not important, and for a while art was not important to me at all. (10/13)
I believe my sleep will normalize sometime soon, but I’ve accepted that there is more grieving still to come. For example, we have Mother’s Day next month, and then her birthday was a couple weeks after that. There will be a year of these “anniversaries” before I don’t feel her loss so acutely.(9/13
As you can imagine, life’s been difficult, but it’s been difficult in ways I didn’t expect. For example, I haven’t been sleeping very well. I’ll wake up in the middle of the night and sometimes not be able to go back. (8/13)
Cancer exists for no purpose other than to take others away from us. Even though her life was cut short, my mom went out on her terms: she died peacefully at home in her own bed. (7/13)
In our case, "the androids escaping" meant buying Mom more time of good quality life. I'm forever grateful for the extra time we had with her. Alas, Tien’s strength inevitably failed him, and so did her treatments as her cancer grew more aggressive. (6/13)
Think of cancer treatment like Tien from Dragon Ball. Do you remember when he held down Second Form Cell with his Tri-Beam attack? That’s exactly how treating Stage 4 cancer works; there’s no way Tien could have defeated Cell, but he was able to hold him down long enough for the androids to escape.
Alas, in late February her cancer journey took a terrible turn for the worst. We knew this day would come, but no one thought so soon or so suddenly after our relatively “normal” Christmas. (4/13)
We made the most of that extra time with lots of wonderful conversations and laughter. We even had one of the best Christmases we’ve ever had as a family last year. (3/13)
In January 2025, she was diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer, which was startling because she never smoked and took great care of herself. Originally she had maybe 3 months to live, but thanks to the miracle of modern medicine, my mom extended her life for another 14 months. (2/13)
Hey Bluesky, sorry for being inactive. My mom died earlier in March from cancer. 🧵(1/13)
Excellent Tifa! ❤️
Tifa😈
Happy Birthday, Rocky!! 🥦✨
Today is my birthday! 🎂
So, I drew Birthday Bunny Rukia! 🥳
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The Gaze of Rogue☺️☺️
#MarvelRivals
Daaang! Yeah, I'd need a year break as well after that feast of games 😅
That’s the one rub with JRPGs (especially current ones), they just require so much time to play! With all the exploration, side quests, mainline story… eventually you just can’t play them all.
Fourth is my fave; the B&W BG is so cool
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...Nami?
Thank you!
Jessica Albert! 🧡💜
#DragonQuest
Thank you!!
She’s so awesome 🧡
Same here, I want to draw Jade soon 💚
