February, updates and a General Check in!

Sorry for the silence last month, guys. I will NOT be making a habit of that!
I want to take this moment to talk a little about what's been going on in my world since my last update.
A lot of you already know some of these things and I won't go into TOO MUCH detail as to not just be oversharing and venting here but I do need to talk about it somewhere.

January is always a hard month. Always.
It's a month of loss.
I lost my dad a few years back in Jan. And I lost my grandmother last year.
I've had some other forms of loss creep up this month also. It's been emotionally overwhelming and it's severely been impacting my creativity.

I was able to get sketches started for all my art reward tier people this week though. And I do feel like the pit I was stuck in kind of has diminished.

I wanted to specifically take a moment to acknowledge something I noticed while things were hazy and difficult for me. So many of you reached out to me. So many of you kept me grounded and reminded me that I matter so much more than how much I post.
All of you in the Maws&Claws discord have been a light in the darker times for me, as cheesy as that may sound, it's true. Thank you. All of you.
You are so much more than just patrons on a website. You guys are my friends. You guys are a real community that does so much more than just supporting an artist. You are a real community.

On a lighter note, I'll finally be purchasing some seeds for this year's growing season soon and I'm excited to share the process with you all again. I have the time to be true to myself irl again and gardening has always been good for my soul.
I do feel like I'm returning to where I need to be. It just took some pain to get here.

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On the note of plans for this month:

I have some art to post this week! That's a good start back on the path to getting BACK ON TRACK!
I'll also have a poll up tomorrow asking what kind of "community" reward you guys are down for <3

Streams will have to be on a slight hiatus, with the possibility of being a spur-of-the-moment thing as to make sure I'm not overwhelming myself to quickly.
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I'm glad to be getting back on the right foot here, glad to be able to put some pain behind me and glad to be moving forward.

Thank you all, again, for being here with me.
<3
-G