Kinda back but in a much more subtle way:

Given how much my life changed in the last few years I no longer really do any sort of art, I seriously just don't have the time for it..
I took to writing a journal mostly personal about myself and my son, with many days that have been spent both in awe and wonder of my son, autism, his sensory issues, and his courage to stand tall and fight and work hard to just be the regular kid next door. So I wrote a lot and poured my artistic side into that, one day I may just go over it all and print it, ya never know..
With all of his trials and tribulations came my desire to just be the mother thats always there no matter what. So everything else was put on the back burner and the world of autistic children and life with one took over.. An amazing world in itself..
My son is doing amazingly well, and is intergrated in regular school system an average b-c student but with honors in reading .
He plays soccer and has done for about 5 years now, hes not the best, or the fastest, or the strongest, but he tries hard has amazing determination and loves to play soccer, and thats all that matters to us..
We had to come up with numerous things we could do together, given the amount of time we had together and how much I was involved with his illness's, so we did a ton of things, I got great at wii bowling, can build just about anything out of lego now, hold my own on the drums on rockband, have read all the wimpy kid books, spent countless hours walking and sharing our world, baking( i had never really baked before)but we got good, and yes hes pretty good at cookies and cupcakes, but now also recently - photography..
He has had his bad days, months and even years, as well as good, but he's been brave and risen to everything that has come his way "his strength amazes me.."

He started having Grand Mal Seizures this year, after several years of gazing sizures, most we never knew he'd even had...
This is another hurdle and it is the most frightening thing to have to endure for a child who has no understanding of what is happening, and what just happened and why they are where they are, they become disoriented, disillusioned and hysterical, even hostile at times when they come out of the seizing phase of a seizure.
Its also one of the scariest things for a parent to go through too, because you will never feel so useless in your life as you do watching your child go through a seizure..
My son has experienced his second grand mal seizure on 25th November and upon coming out of this one has slight paralysis and associated speech slur and muscle weakness, they say that its temporary, so we are positive and reassuring ourselves it will pass..
However given his long road to where he is now and how far he has come in these years, he will move through this phase as strong and brave as he has with everything else.
He's doing so well and is such an amazing little person, I'm so blessed to have him in my life.

With all that said, for those of you who don't know me.. are probably scratching their heads "thinking - what?"

Its all good, the journal write up is really an update for my friends here at Deviant Art, as they know I left because my son was so sick, and I no longer had the time to be here...

So to end this with DA positives,
We took up Photography recently and I will be expanding my horizons in that field, its less time consuming and I actually enjoy it, and my son has taken a big liking to it too, so its something we can share and do together, and I'm all about that
okies spiel done - ya now up to date on me...
<3
Dee