Another Treasury!

Lisbeth's Garden Party mandala napkins are currently featured here! Love all the treasury attention we've been getting of late. We have a new batch of summer tees at the printers and will be posting them next week, so stay tuned!

A Mandala of a Different Color

Lisbeth's bold and beautiful *Pinecone Polka* mandala is currently featured in this fine treasury!

Front Page News!

Woo Hooo!

This past weekend Lisbeth's *Grandmother's Forget-me-not* Mandala Picnic or Table Quilt made it to the front page on Etsy!
Very exciting!

And Speaking of Circles...

Lisbeth's Candlelight Mandala is featured in an Etsy treasury entitled Running in Circles!

Unbroken Circle

I found this old photo of me taken by my father in the fall of 1969, when I was fifteen. I am in my basement in Warwick, RI, working on a mandala for my 10th grade art class. I think it's the only one I ever designed. Both of my daughters, Kaitlyn and Lisbeth, make mandalas now. Ah, the circle of Life. What goes around, comes around...

Team Work

Holly Spence, Lisbeth's house manager, checks Lisbeth's schedule, while Heather D'Alessio, one of Lisbeth's helpers, looks at the calendar.

Heather D'Alessio, and Duane Hinds, Lisbeth's case manager from Maine Department of Health and Human Services.

Christina Hinds, Lisbeth's case manager from Independence Association, makes notes about Lisbeth's goal list. Milkweed oversees the meeting...

Lisbeth and her Dad. Lisbeth looks forward to her quarterly meetings, and gives her input.

Quarterly meeting is over. Now it is time to go to see The Meeting Doctor (Lis-ism for therapist).

This morning we had Lisbeth's quarterly meeting. Representatives from Independence Association and Maine Department of Health and Human Services attend these meetings along with Lisbeth, Garry and I. We check in about how things are going for Lis at her house, we share our ideas and concerns, and set goals. We are currently working on creating more of a routine for Lisbeth, which is always a challenge with the ups and downs caused by her uncontrolled seizures. But we are looking at things that she already loves to do and turning them into planned weekly activities. Lis loves to bake, so she will be baking items one day a week and delivering them to the IA office for the help there to enjoy. There are weekly potlucks for IA residents, and Lis will be making a salad one day a week for these events. We are re-exploring the possibility of a small part-time job in the community - perhaps one hour a week. Lisbeth actually attended an IA dance last Friday! This is a big step - she has alot of social anxiety. There are monthly dances, and it would be great if she could attend more of them. She loves to buy new clothes, so a motivating factor would be to shop for a new outfit each month to wear to the dances (and she can afford it with her sales in her Etsy shop! :^) Lisbeth is in need of more socialization, yet it is very difficult to get her to do things because of her anxiety. We have to introduce things gradually. And nothing is ever set in cement. Go with the flow and know when to let go. If it works on some days, terrific. If it doesn't, that's OK, too. Tomorrow is always another day.

Happy Mother's Day!

An old friend of mine sent me this today ~ it's Lisbeth's birth announcement, hand drawn and colored by me, many moons ago. My friend was cleaning out her flooded basement and found this in a box of old letters. What a nice surprise! Happy Mother's Day!