Tagged with bipolar disorder- schizo-affective disorder …

Merry Xmas

Happy Holidays     Joe and I are wishing my family, primos e primas, amigos and acquaintances in Brazil, “Feliz Natal,” to my friends in Italy, “Buon Natale,” to my amigos in Mexico, “Feliz Navidad,” and our friends and family in the United States and around the world, a very Merry Christmas. May you have a … Continue reading →

Bionica

Santa’s early Christmas to me   Visited with Santa and receive and early Christmas from him: a new knee. Now I can walk successfully without a cane and reasonably cruise the city with no problem. I graduate from PT this week and I want to thank you for your prayers and support. My knee operation … Continue reading →

ARTWORK

Healing these day by doing some artwork in pastels   Self-portrait in pastels by Sherry M Joiner

Giving Thanks

Made soul boxes tonight at the Cerimon House with Judy Fardig and friends   Wishing you and yours a happy, safe, and healthy Thanksgiving filled with an abundance of love Painting of Navajo woman by Sherry M. Joiner  

Knee Surgery

Recuperating from partial knee replacement surgery with Bipolar Schizoaffective Disorder   Celebrated my 29th wedding anniversary and 41 years of togetherness with my husband, Joe at the Cheesecake Factory in Portland tonight. It is my first social outing since two weeks ago just before I had knee replacement surgery.  I am using a cane to … Continue reading →

ARTWORK Soul Boxing

Soul Boxing, a healing art   Having a ‘Soul Box Moment’ with friends and acquaintances, Tuesday night. We will reach our goal in February, I am confident.

ARTWORK First Place

Dancing on the ceiling   Took home a First Place Blue Ribbon for my ocean scene- ‘Sunset Reflections on the Ocean’  from the North Clackamas Arts Guild Juried Show, King of Kings Lutheran Church, Milwaukie, Oregon, Saturday and am tickled pink with happiness.

KEYNOTE AIDS

I still grieve for my brother as if his death happened yesterday   Carrying on with my loving memory of my brother Doug, today, who died of AIDS on September 16, 1990, when he was thirty-two years old. And thinking of all the wonderful things he did for me, my family, and the world. The … Continue reading →

ARTWORK Soul Boxes

Making soul boxes from images of my paintings   Yesterday, I got together with two precious ladies of common interests, and we made Soul Boxes to comfort the victims of gun violence and to let them know we stand for them. My friend, Linda, took a picture of our boxes in a pattern of a … Continue reading →

Sherry’s Events Art Show

I’m so excited to be exhibiting in this north clackamas arts guild juried show   The art show opens at 10 AM- 5PM  September 29th, 2018, at the King of Kings Lutheran Church, Milwaukie, Oregon. Please come by and enjoy yourselves.