Elizabeth Post Johnson~River Moon Artistry

I have been working hard this week on many things; my thoughts, emotions, and jewelry. We are going on vacation, it was going to be a 2 week vacation but after the trip to DE for my Fathers funeral...I found myself more wanting to be closer to home although a good hefty week on Cape Cod is very wonderful medicine and yes I will take that thank you very much. I was going to miss a craft show at the Studios where I have a sampling of my work in the 2 week vacation period, so I gave a quick inquiry for that and was thankfully able to get a spot there. We are leaving for vacation on our 24th Wedding Anniversary and will return on the day of my 51st Birthday. Our vacation was slated to be a working one anyway,we are staying in Grams house that is now owned by my Sister In Law so when we go we usually have a roster of some things to get accomplished. This year we are pressure washing the house among other minor tasks. The other work will be in the form of jewelry making for me, and lots

So. July has been a very strange month. My plan for Summer was to; soak it in, make it last, enjoy, play, create, etc. Well, nothing ever goes as planned, and the things not in our plans are heartbreaking some times. We brought in Independence Day very subdued. No parties, we were invited to no parties either which is just fine by us! A little BBQ, but just family (meaning Hubby and I and kids) My Father was in the hospital in Delaware where he lives near Rehoboth Beach. He had been in the hospital since June with heart issues. He had a stint put into his artery for his heart but things had gone terribly wrong. He also had COPD, which did not help matters any. I was anxious to know how he was but the communication from his companion was not really good. The news had been that he had the procedure, was not doing well, but would be ok to...thought he was going to die...but he will be ok (on July 6)...to....OMG, they told me that he is going to die today! on July 7th. I was driving my dau