A Helping Hand When We Need it Most

The hardest thing to do, for people like me is to ask for help. I’ve always tried to forge ahead on my own, solving problems as I go. The past year was one of health challenges and recovery blessings, dealing with Jim’s (my husband) recovery and my own health trials. I worked through these challenges, feeling I could stay on top of the rolling log my life had become. But fate had other plans. Over the last few months, I’ve found myself spending more time in hospitals, drs offices, and Urgent Cares, than I’ve spent working in my studio. Getting up at 4am to fit in a few hours of working, before getting to the hospital in time for doctors rounds. Coming home to work and finding myself nodding off with airbrush in hand. Then life threw me another curveball when David needed two heart procedures in the last two weeks. Getting him through his procedures and ongoing recovery while trying to keep our lives from falling off a cliff. Plus David cannot work on painting projects for few months until he gets through cardiac rehab. Everyone tells me to make time for me, but it feels like if I stop moving, I’ll fall off that rolling log and never be able to get back on. Maybe I really could use a helping hand.

There are those who have offered to help and I’ve thought long and hard about this. Its time for me to ask for help. Between the medical expenses and living costs, combined with lost work time, we really could use a helping hand. One of the things I love our motorcycle and hot rod community is the way we help others. I’ve talked this over with some friends and was reminded how I’ve been involved in a number of projects that helped others. And that it is ok for me to ask for help. Anything you can send my way would be very much appreciated. This way I can recharge, get caught up in expenses and medical bills. And get back to working regular hours and help the men in my life in their recoveries. As I sit here typing, asking for help is harder than I imagined. So thank you for being there for us.