I have some fun news to share with you all! (followed by a small favour to ask!)
Taking Smock of the Situation, my project to embroider and embellish Mum’s old fisherman’s smock has been shortlisted into the final three for the Creative Fundraiser of the Year Award!
It now goes out to a public vote, and I would be forever grateful if you could take a moment and click through and vote for The Smock (well, for me, Loïs Wolffe).
This all started as a bit of a whim, as something to focus my mind while it was trying to hold on to my stuff, as well as Mum Stuff, when her mind was getting increasingly confused with dementia. It was never really intended as a fundraiser, but it felt like the right thing to do, to try to help Alzheimer Scotland make sure no-one has to live with dementia alone. So, it feels like I am an absolute winner already just being shortlisted as a Creative Fundraiser of the Year.
So please, could you click here and vote for me? If you have a spare few pennies this month, I would be forever grateful if you could also make a small donation. Also, next time you see someone struggling in a shop, a café, or on the bus, wherever… think dementia, think they might not always have been like this, and with a bit of time and reassurance, maybe a gentle word from you, they might get through the day more easily.
Thank you, forever thank you.
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Mostly on this blog I write about trying to care for Mum as she developed dementia, which nearly broke me on a number of occasions. Gentle meditative stitching her old Fisherman’s Smock probably saved me, giving me a focus and forcing me to carve out time when I could let everything go and just concentrate on those tiny stitches.
If you want to read more about my relationship with Mum and her dementia, then you could start here at Taking smock of the Situation. Or just dip in. After all, if I’ve learned anything this last few years it’s that chronology and time are less important than we might believe.
I would really appreciate it if you could make a donation towards Alzheimer Scotland. They’re doing stuff that makes living with this more bearable for so many people. Thank you, thank you, a thousand thank yous.
Shewolfinthevalley 
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