made on June 24th, 2025 for #makeaterriblecomicday2025, which mostly just served as an excuse and motivation to make something, anything.
on May 22nd, the person who I had been partnered and living with for 13 years was killed in a car accident, and—perhaps understandably—I haven't been quite the same since.
I had already been suffering in the deep throes of chronic depression for quite a while at that point, struggling with motivation for any creative pursuit, really with feeling like me or my life had any purpose at all, and this tragic loss made it that much worse.
The deep, profound sense of loss I felt then, that I feel now, sometimes feels like it will eat me alive, and most of the time I want to let it.
I treasure the rare moments that I don't.
They were fond of sunflowers; the smaller one in the back seat is for our dog Beauty, who had also passed in March of this year.
I'll keep trying to be here.
