The first chemo cycle is finished.

This has been more than a cycle.

I developed blood clots in my lungs . . . if I had not blacked out in the kitchen we might not have known this and I could have died and here I am starting to write, something I only can do once I have my spark back.

 it was dim there for little while.

I am truly more at peace with this threshold dance of life and death than ever before. 

I am not fighting but instead realizing that this is what my body has made and accepting the medical option of possibility. 

I embrace the possibility that after this time there will be more. 

These small little beings I am have been making when I am able delight me and I cherish the time I spend with them.  

They are my muses for this time I am in.

As they are finished they hang around sitting under the big pots and vases Brad is completing in his new wood kiln. They are such a nice contrast in scale. . .

I wanted to think of something I can do now, for you. 

I hope this might be wonderful for you, an ornament for your studio or your home or for the holidays . . .

An image to print, cut out to hang or simply use as a gift card . . . I think you can screen shoot it ? I leave it with you.

The pattern for the deer is below if you care for a little project to sew.

. . . from my world to yours, I add something here at last, for you xo