Color me Bright

Doing something you like to do makes for a really fun day.  It passes the time and brings richness to even the rainiest of Seattle days.


I have to guess that when I see Teresa and her marking pens out on the table, that she is having some fun.

And I feel like such a pest when I want to see what she's done that day.  It's kind of rude to bother someone who is busy at work.


It's almost a shame to have to set the table for lunch or dinner and put things away. She can get on such a roll.

A few years ago, we framed her images and created a gallery that we call "Teresa's Collection".

There are lots of good days in those pictures.

The pictures used she decorated used to have many colors and each pattern was carefully and crisply decorated.

A year and a half ago she stopped doing pictures altogether.  A few months ago I noticed she's starting to do them again.  With the pictures that are done now, there is little distinction in the pattern, and sometimes entire sections left empty. 

I know why there is such a difference.  It's the integration of the various seizure medications that is causing her so many problems. It's causing sleepiness, sluggishness and a lack of vigor in her life.  So many of the seizure medications available actually cause bleeding.  For a woman with a bleeding disorder, she has few choices of seizure medicines, some of the few she can use cause unpleasant side effects.  

I can't wait for someone to help us sort it out.