a note from michele

Dearest Friends and Painters,

I want to thank all of you with my whole heart for your emails, cards and telephone calls to express your best wishes, prayers and love in this difficult time. I have been very touched by the heartfelt words of support and the reality of an endless giving from the painting community. I am receiving the love and prayers directly in my heart and I feel their precious energy; many messages are still coming and I accept them with enormous gratitude.

I wish I could answer each one of your messages personally. I want you to know that I do read every single one of them and appreciate how much they sustain me. I would write back to all of them, but I have to rest as much as possible right now before my upcoming surgery. I am looking forward to having it, putting myself in the hands of God, knowing all will be well, and all your prayers are with me.

I want you to know I have been very well taken care of at home: Carol Levow has been a great angel in helping me in every way and organizing everything and living with me for the time being. Gloria, my doctor friend, has been endlessly giving her expertise and love and spending a lot of time and energy with me and is trying to arrange her work to spend the first two months of recovery with me and Debbie is coming to spend a week with me to help before the surgery. I am amazed and eternally touched by so much giving and generosity and heart.I can still paint a little bit every day and draw, and I am enjoying tremendously these precious little periods of creativity. I wish you all a wonderful, happy, healthy New year in 2008 with lots of love and peace.

May many blessings shower your life!

With lots of love and gratitude,

Michele