Carol Larson - textile artist

Now 17 days post op I am beginning to see all kinds of small improvements which add up to big accomplishments. My next goal is to be walking with cane instead of walker by week 3. A tall order but then I am a tall gal!

The recovery from this second knee replacement has been so unlike the first 9 months ago. Last time I was motivated by the fear of being worse off. This time my motivation has been yes, it is awful, painful, the worst surgery ever but the end result will be so worth it. What I did not count on however is the second might hurt more than the first or that my father would have just died. So I find my daily challenge is in feeling the sadness while also maintaining hope and optimism towards getting stronger and taking back my life.

I have felt great sorrow for this my fifth bone cutting surgery to essentially fix something which was not broken in the first place. My only thoughts about art -making have been possibly to add a few more pieces to the Tall Girl Series. It seems I still have more to say on the subject!

Driven by a lack of control I have been obsessed with clutter! I have never tolerated clutter and suddenly I find the feng shui in our house has headed for the door. Bringing six pieces of furniture from my parents’ home to mine in the past two years has mucked up the flow. Sure they are all great pieces but I spend a fair amount of my resting time thinking about what to move where, what to get rid of and how to get back my uncluttered ways. Of course standing in the middle of this is hubby who hates change. So I have time to think of clever ways to enact change without change being too obvious! Is it ski season yet?!!!