i guess for the sake of having a spring break post like in the previous years, i should do one although, it was very much the opposite of all the previous years due to covid19
it was the same for everyone else
i am aware
a stay at home spring break
not worth much talking about but worth documenting and sharing i guess
i am not sure if i have said it on here yet but, one of the biggest silver linings of this pandemic for me has been to be able to create more art than i ever have before
it’s all i can and want to do
if my hands are physically busy, my mind won’t wonder as much
this isn’t an easy post to write and i have been putting it off because of not knowing exactly what words to use but I’m just going to say what comes naturally and from the heart
because so many of you are and have been a part of our journey (personally and virtually) William and I thought it was only right to let you know that as of February, we made the decision to separate
after couples therapy and trying to work out our differences on our own, we made the decision that we are better friends to one another than we are husband and wife
not an easy decision but the right decision
for us
we will always be good friends
we will always be family
and we will continue to always be the best parents to Lily that we can be
as for Lily, telling her was the hardest thing we have ever had to do but we have raised an amazingly understanding and loving human who despite her tears, understood and is dealing with everything in the best way possible
this isn’t the end for us
this is just a different ending to the story we originally started twelve years ago
individually and together we love and appreciate all of you and will need your support and love more than ever as we go forward through this new chapter in our lives
“a portrait of my daughter, once a week, every week, in 2020”
Lilian
there are not enough words for how wonderful and understanding this girl has been during this whole pandemic and all the changes happening in our family life right now
she is more than anything i could have ever dreamt of
it’s tuesday, 8:47am and Lilian is up, dressed and having breakfast at the dining room table while listening to a fractions video her teacher made for her class
spring break is officially over and homeschooling is back on
supposedly they will go back to school on may 18th however, i highly doubt it especially since the last day of school is may 29th
most states have already declared that students will not go back to school
we shall see
anyway, how are you guys doing?
i have reached the highest of highs and the lowest of lows
i’ve gone from getting up and going on my long walk and being happy about spring to wanting to stay in bed all day with my head under a pillow like it was winter
between the quarantine life we are all living right now, life changes that i have not opened up about on here yet, spring break here instead of in miami, pms and the full pink moon in libra, i cried for three straight days last week
i couldn’t help myself
it was all i could do
it was all i wanted to do
once i did, i felt better
sometimes you just have to cry
i do anyway
miami memories with my brother from 2006
from a spring walk
quarantine roots
our art sofa/wall
did a little cleaning in the basement and found this beauty from 1994
how we do sundays sometimes
it’s all about the beets
she gets ready and dressed for homeschooling every morning
made some of these. it had been a long while
William built two boxes and planted some things
after dinner walks
where we would have started our spring break this year. with our K in st. pete
and then in miami at the same building we have stayed the past three years for the remainder of the time
Lily’s crying rabbit that she painted when she was two, was a mood for a few days last week
