long time no hear from me

I haven't written in this blog for ages because my disability has gotten in the way of the music so to speak. I got stuck in hospital for 10 months between July 2012 and may 2013 after  going on an interstate holiday and becoming inpatient in a hospital interstate.

The TTG thing never happened because I was going to contact them when i got back but that never happened because I was in hospital for so long and also became bedridden when I got sick! I am still bedridden and are just trying to survive day to day.

That said I have put my talents to good use because I am raising money for a charity called Mito wish upon a star. I am sure I would have mentioned that the doctors think I may have a type of muscular dystrophy called Mitochondrial disease or just Mito for short and this charity helps children worldwide by getting sponsors to send them a gift or gifts for Christmas. They have in the past also ran a birthday card sponsor thing and an adult christmas card exchange. Its all very good to support research but there isn't much for the actual people with this disease and because medical costs can be so high with it a lot of kids miss out at Christmas because their families struggle to pay for anything.

I sponsored a child in Christmas 2011 and I gave him few things that I had crocheted and on Christmas morning all the parents put up photos on facebook of their kids opening the presents from the sponsors when I saw how happy he was it just made me feel so good! So I also had started making zebras for mito wish upon a star but now I also have 3d cards paper tole and pyramid cards, crocheted items like hats scarves fingerless gloves toys (other than zebras) christmas decorations and also bookmarks.

So I am writing just to let you know why I haven't written in so long and also to promote my other blog in the hopes that some of you may be interested in purchasing these items for mito wish upon a star.

The web address is www.erinscraftprojects.blogspot.com.au

I hope you like them and hopefully I will be back to music soon. I have only played my viola a couple of times in the past 12-18 months and that was in bed which is a bit tricky and I am not able to attend choir at the moment.

Hopefully someday my dream of having an ensemble will come true!