My sling is off! While it will be quite a bit til my arm and shoulder are moving comfortably, my hand is back in business.
When I opened my bead bins, my eyes went directly to the colors of spring. Flowers peeping up from the ground are the inspiration for this pile of bracelets.
I’m not supposed to do any big movements, like using my arm to paint a mural. But painting small canvases or making jewelry is encouraged.
I don’t need much encouragement either.
After weeks of inactivity, I am missing my life and being creative.
On the other hand, it surprised me that I accepted my convalescence period so well. I was not as resentful of my downtime as I expected to be. I actually needed and welcomed those weeks to rest.
Even now as I am feeling better and doing more, I’m still taking things slow and my drive to be doing, doing, doing, is more of a trickle of energy than a raging river of it. Well that metaphor might be twisted, but you know what I mean.
I’m glad to be recovering, and am trying to do a small project each day. Instead of a week’s worth in one day like I usually do.