Illustration Friday: Modify

It's been nearly two months since I've had time to participate in Illustration Friday. I never thought I'd miss a week, but hey, life happens.

I was overthinking today's word but then I 'modified' my thinking by keeping it simple. I've christened my new Moleskine from Marianne in the process!

Now please don't do this to your poodles at home.

Happy weekend everyone!!

IF : Poof !

Do you ever walk into a room and forget why the hell you walked in there?

POOF!

Do you ever go to the store for ONE item and because you didn't write it on a piece of paper, you forget what ONE thing you were supposed to get?

POOF!

Do you ever find yourself forgetting what you were talking about midway through a story?

POOF!

Nope, never happens to me either.

Here's to middle age!

( and no, this is not supposed to be me or anyone else I know. Just some made-up scatterbrain!)

Happy Weekend everyone!

IF : Fierce??

Whoa!! Hold on Tiger!!

For Illustration Friday prompt : Fierce

(acrylic paint and colored pencils in my Moleskine)

Ming-Wah's leap of faith, courage & trust

Some of you know that I'm a visiting nurse for pets. Well, Little Ming-Wah is one of my patients as well as my friend. On January 8th, Ming had spinal surgery (a hemi-laminectomy) on three ruptured discs as a result of degenerative disc disease. He's only four years old. This has left him partially paralyzed with no ability to use his back legs or go to the bathroom on his own. At first I was having to express his bladder three times daily as well as "gloving up" to help him with other eliminations. We also do exercises for his physical therapy several times daily to help build his strength for standing and hopefully, walking again. Ming never complains, always willing to do what we ask of him as long as there's a treat involved!

Ming's owner/Mom took a huge emotional and financial leap in making the decision to go through with the surgery knowing he may never walk again. She put her faith and trust in the doctors and people like myself who are involved in his ongoing care.

Every day, Ming continues to take an enormous leap of courage in this long recovery process, and each day he shows us how to handle every obstacle and challenge with amazing grace. I feel blessed to be called to help him and his mom, and I continue to learn from him every day.

New photos of Ming's progress HERE!

For Illustration Friday's prompt: Leap (see my other entry here)

acrylic, colored pencil, rubber stamps and collage in my Moleskine