Not Bad Thing: Letting Go

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Letting Go

Kathe Kollwitz

Lisbeth is emotionally so very young and she is an adult. She has her own support system, her own higher power, her own life. I have to be careful to take care of myself, to have a large part of my life be separate from Lisbeth's, the same as it is with my four other adult children. I must constantly determine where and when I am needed and step back and let go when I'm not. Easy? Noooooo..............

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KaHollyJanuary 5, 2012 at 12:05 PM
It's not easy, but the most difficult part is realizing it must be so!!
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JohanJanuary 6, 2012 at 3:59 AM
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Lisbeth's Blue Bird Angels Mandala

My daughter Lisbeth suffered a traumatic brain injury when she contracted a viral illness in 1988 at the age of six, and she continues to be challenged by multiple difficulties including uncontrolled seizures, behavioral disturbances, learning disabilities and developmental delay. Despite these challenges, Lisbeth's mighty spirit and creativity are remarkably intact. She creates extraordinarily beautiful cut paper snowflakes - hundreds of them (it is ironic that a cluster of seizures is called a "flurry...") and like real snowflakes, each one is unique. Lisbeth sometimes refers to her creations as "brains," which is poignant, for in the making of each snowflake/mandala, it is as if she is recreating her brain. Lisbeth sees figures, animals, and objects in the cutout shapes of each one of her designs, and says that these are what the brain is thinking!