http://www.36point.com/archives/2010/06/the-reflex-blue-show-2010-how-conference-special-day-three.html A Community for Graphic Designers Sun, 06 Nov 2011 21:59:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.36point.com/archives/2010/06/the-reflex-blue-show-2010-how-conference-special-day-three.html/comment-page-1#comment-911 Judy Tue, 08 Jun 2010 20:46:45 +0000 http://www.36point.com/?p=1285#comment-911 Thanks to Darcy for the comments you made in regards to the session you spoke of at this year's HOW Conference. It sounds like something I would have related to, had I been there. I learned all about sacrifice at a young age. My Mom was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 1981 when I was only 3 years old. For the majority of my life, I have lived with this disease as much as she has. I don't have much memory of her walking on her own. Throughout my childhood, I saw her move from a cane, to a walker, to a wheelchair, and then to a quadriplegic state. Suffice it to say, it has been hard. I graduated from college in 2001. Like any graduate, I was nervous, but felt like the world was at my fingertips. Shortly thereafter, my Dad was diagnosed with Colon Cancer. My career got pushed to the back burner. He had a total of 5 surgeries between 2003 and 2007, before passing away in December of 2007. During all that time, a part of me couldn't believe all that had happened. How much time had passed, but how little progress I myself had made. And now, a part of me thinks, that it was all for a reason. I was needed here, so I was here. At the end of the day, design will always be there. You never know how long your family will be. Thanks to Darcy for the comments you made in regards to the session you spoke of at this year’s HOW Conference. It sounds like something I would have related to, had I been there. I learned all about sacrifice at a young age. My Mom was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 1981 when I was only 3 years old. For the majority of my life, I have lived with this disease as much as she has. I don’t have much memory of her walking on her own. Throughout my childhood, I saw her move from a cane, to a walker, to a wheelchair, and then to a quadriplegic state. Suffice it to say, it has been hard. I graduated from college in 2001. Like any graduate, I was nervous, but felt like the world was at my fingertips. Shortly thereafter, my Dad was diagnosed with Colon Cancer. My career got pushed to the back burner. He had a total of 5 surgeries between 2003 and 2007, before passing away in December of 2007. During all that time, a part of me couldn’t believe all that had happened. How much time had passed, but how little progress I myself had made. And now, a part of me thinks, that it was all for a reason. I was needed here, so I was here. At the end of the day, design will always be there. You never know how long your family will be.

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