Preoccupied

Maybe you've noticed, or maybe you haven't, that I haven't been around lately. I have struggled whether or not to even talk about what's been going on because it's so personal but have come to the realization that if I don't than I wouldn't be being me, which is what this blog is really about.

When I first started this blog, I had envisioned it being about art, my creative process, crafty things, new adventures that my little illustrations and I were embarking on, and little tidbits here and there about my family. I knew I wanted it to be more about creative side and less personal. Along the way, the babies somehow crept in more than I ever thought they would. I should have known they would. I mean they consume essentially every minute of my waking day. =)

My littlest, Camden, has had issues from birth. Diagnosed with a severe milk protein allergy at 3 weeks old, 4 hospitalizations, and now being diagnosed with a gastric emptying delay and being put on a feeding tube, he has really been through it all. As a parent, I have wished every day that I could be him. That I could take it all the pain for him, and he could be healthy. No child should ever endure what he has. Through it all though, he has remained a trooper and such an inspiration.

So although I don't usually get to personal, I felt like I wanted to because as my little family starts down this whole road of feeding tubes, and whatever else comes with it, I felt like I should let you in to a little bit of what has been going on in my personal life and been preoccupying me. =)

xo

J