As Julia Sidebottom was saying to Wendy Apgar:
 JS> I have been following your messages... and continue to 
 JS> pray and be concerned for you.... I know that you will be 
 JS> ok though... and that is the most important thing of 
 JS> all.... keeping our hands and fingers busy help to keep our 
 JS> minds busy and away from the many things that can bring us 
 JS> down... Lord knows I "never" thought I would see myself 
 JS> hand quilting "anything"!!!! but I am now working on two 
 JS> projects at the same time... and believe me neither of them 
 JS> will win any prizes ....
 I may have several different things in various stages,
 but I know it has helped me tremendously!  Even 
 sorting buttons between crafts and my collection.  
 I worked with the kids I babysit to do a Mother's Day
 project for their mothers. They used napkins and covered
 a box with them (using watered down glue) and then I
 have a jar of buttons they are allowed to play with and
 they chose buttons to embellish the top.  With my own
 stuff in my mind and that being one of those emotionally
 packed days, by the time they were done I was very
 stressed.  Thankfully I could let their projects be the
 way they are for their mom without feeling like I had to
 make them perfect. For the most part they did a good job.
 Anyway, it's the little things I do that help me a lot.
 JS> Well both teeth were taken care of in short order with a 
 JS> lot of cost of course  but at least it is done!  All 
 JS> the rest will just have to take care of itself in time....
 I have more dentil work that needs to be done as well.
 It is being spread out more because of my panic attacks.
 Physically I have basically recovered, but now it is all
 the emotional issues (and the panic attacks and post
 traumatic stress) that is making things hard. Not to 
 mention that stress increases one's pain.
 If I didn't have crafts to do I'd go crazy!
 Wendy
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