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Chronicles 2025: Week 3-8

March 2, 2025 By Marit 4 Comments

A lot has happened since my last blogpost and the events show on my art journal spreads… my beloved is not doing well and we spend a lot of time in hospitals. First because he’d had a heart attack: he had to undergo angioplasty and a stent was placed. Two days after that his retina started to detach. The ophthalmologist who did the surgery on him found a mole behind his retina. Further examination showed that it was a melanoma (cancer). Fortunately, no metastases were found in his organs, but the melanoma has to go… So this month he is being operated on again to put ‘markers’ around the tumor in his eye followed by proton radiation treatment. This is a very precise high-tech treatment but of course we are dreading it. The coming months will be tough…

In between my job and doctor-appointments, creating in my art journal brought a bit of distraction. I had to depict heavy subjects but nevertheless, the spreads still look kinda nice…

Chronicles 2025 – Week 3

Chronicles 2025 – Week 4

Chronicles 2025 – Week 5

Chronicles 2025 – Week 6

Chronicles 2025 – Week 7

Chronicles 2025 – Week 8

Thanks for stopping by.
Stay healthy and enjoy life.
Je t’embrasse.

Filed Under: art, Art Journals, Chronicles '25 Tagged With: artjournaling, cancer, chronicles, eye, visual diary

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  1. Jenny de Bode says

    March 2, 2025 at 6:51 pm

    So good to see that even in hard en fearful times working in an art journal helps you cope and gives some air. Love and good results on all the medic things!

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  2. Susanna Lemstra says

    March 3, 2025 at 9:01 am

    Oef wat een zware tijd lieve Marit, ik wens jou en je lief alle goeds toe en ik stuur je vanuit het hoge noorden hier een boek liefs ….. en ja lekker rommelen in je kroniek kan wat afleiding geven. Nogmaals alle goeds en een heeeeel dikke knuffel,

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  3. Corrie says

    March 3, 2025 at 12:34 pm

    Marit en Marius, ondanks alles wat jullie meemaken, houden jullie er samen de moed erin ! Wens jullie beide een goede afloop en blijf positief !

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  4. Danielle van Hest says

    March 28, 2025 at 1:02 pm

    Dear Marit,

    Just letting you know that I wish you and Marius much strength and I’m hoping for a good outcome. Try to stay positive!

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