2010..What you miss out on the roundabout..you pick up on the hurdy gurdy......
This place means the world to me..and though i really have been quite absent this year....its not for any other reason than that simple thing.."life" ..it sooooooo gets in the way.
But not anymore.
Reflecting on 2010...it astounds me as to how much your life can change in a year.January...i was all set...I was content..happily playing in my art room...doing the odd online class...still scrapbooking...happy in my job...Hubby and home all settled and stable.Kids were great!! Life was perfect.
By June however...
we started to worry my youngest son had learning difficulties...perhaps behavioural troubles, My hubbys boss...(and the only boss of his work)..died suddenly.My hubby slipped back into a nasty deep depression, teamed this time with anxiety disorder..( a new thing)...making home life a hell on earth,not to mention the stress of not knowing whether he would have a job to go to once he recovered.... while still coping with my sons appointments, and diagnosis...
then i completely lost my voice for 3 months., the Doc concerned i had a tumour..and on top of that..I began to hate my workplace.It was one of those things...you put up with, turn a blind eye to..until one day you cant take it anymore.
My boss was all kinds of mean, judgemental, racist, homophobic..you name it..she was it...and developed a nasty streak..aimed squarely at me.
Which meant...I then started to slip into depression myself..didnt eat, didnt sleep, didnt smile, didnt laugh..didnt talk.but in the end...No tumor thankfully...but my throat was definately stress related.
No painting..no art much to speak of..just that which I had commitment to do.
So heres October.
Hubby was on the up and up..job was looking more and more stable....My son was diagnosed with being a little boy....and i quit my job.
I walked straight into a new job..with less hours . more time to make art...and I have finally registered for Cert 4 in visual arts, contemporary craft and design for 2011 at Tafe...just to help me along...
My voice is back to its loud nasally self...Im painting again.., sleeping, smiling laughing...the eating is coming..(not that worried about it coming back..LOL).I have even decided to enter the prestigious Archibald Prize next year..
Life is short..and im not placing my happiness in anyone elses hands anymore...and I am giving 2010 the title of the year I learned to live right.The ground breaking moment happened when someone gave me a card..with the inscription...
"Just two little words are the key to a happy, fulfilling and exciting life. they are: "WHY NOT?".
It was the best advice i could have ever been given.
In highschool..i had this eccentric maths teacher..(i was a completely useless mathematician) who said
"what you miss out on the roundabout..you pick up on the hurdy gurdy"
So my wish for you is this: may you pick it up, whatever it is you need...without the need for the hurdy gurdy..but if you have to take that ride...make it your own....and enjoy it...in any way possible!!"
Love to you all, my beautiful art family.
Debxxoo
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Comment by Janet Stevens on November 30, 2010 at 1:05pm -
hello travelling art journal buddy!!!! My book is on loan to someone and I am trying to remember your journal page words. There was a hot air balloon with words.... i know they would fit this occasion I just can not for the life of me remember what they were....
great to hear from you Deb... sometimes in life the set backs make us who we were meant to be.
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Comment by Deb Godley on November 30, 2010 at 4:56am -
awww..thank you all so much!!
Big hugs and sloppy kisses to all of you!!!
MMMMWWWAAA!xxDebxxoo
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Comment by artyoxygen (Smita) on November 29, 2010 at 10:55pm -
You've really had a rollercoaster ride this year.. but grlad to know that things are sliding back into shape.. truly life is so unpredicatable that all we can do is hold on at times and wait for it subside.. thank you for sharing. Wish you a great 2011! -- Smita
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Comment by Daligoddess on November 29, 2010 at 10:47pm -
A wonderful testimony of how life's pendulum swings, and if you hang in there long enough, it will always swing back in your favor. Good on ya. Hang in there baby. Things always get better!
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Comment by Greef on November 29, 2010 at 9:28pm -
Fantastic Blog and words of wisdom Deb!! Yay for Hurdy gurdy...and you better not win Archie's balls before me LOL
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Comment by Elke Trittel on November 29, 2010 at 8:16pm -
oh Deb,i'm glad to have you back here because i did start to ask myself what has happened to you!I even send you a message to find out but you never answered and i didn't insist and life rolls on for all of us but it looks like you are going to surprise us again with your lovely art.Yes,2011 will be a great year for us and just go ahead with your projects and your family will follow!!! Wish you a nice and festice season,lots of love from me from the South of France,send us some sunshine and work hard for the Archiball Price which i think is worth it!Is it portraits every year?
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Comment by Tammy Seaman on November 29, 2010 at 8:12pm -
Why not indeed! Good for you to be so positive! Glad things are looking up for you and your family!
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