TheIronbirdOfficial

Hello my dear friends and watchers. First of all, I want to thank from the bottom of my heart the constant support I receive in this platform. I undertand many people prefer other places, but Deviantart certainly have a special spot for me.

Thank you so much for your messages, for the bunch of favorites and the bunch of followers that I've got in the last months.

Last year was probably one of the worst years in the personal side. We went through an ordeal with my father. A brain tumor took his health so quickly and the only thing I (we) could feel was frustration, sadness and fury towards the medicine, God (or any spiritual guide), nature and life itself because we just saw him wither, getting weaker, more confused, more dependent. Until we only had the only hope: a surgery. A surgery where he fought for his life as a champion.

However, his body was too weak and after four difficult weeks in the hospital, he passed away.

We are a very close family. We were so close that losing my dad was like losing a part of our heart, a limb. We are not young anymore, but I feel absolutely orphan without him.

However, there is another life, the jewel of our lives and the future of our family, my lil niece. She has been our hope and our comfort in these difficult days, and of course the promise for the coming years. Her little smile, her laugh, an when she ocassionally, in her baby talk, asks for her "tito" (grampa).

I still cry a lot and the constant flow of memories, sad and happy, the trauma of all the things that happened at the hospital and the lost itself are sometimes too hard to bear, but I am also filled with determination to honor my father's love, his trust and hope in me, as his child, his pride and the future of his name.

My apologies for all this rambling... the point is, that we normally look back and forth when New Year arrives, but at least in my case, it has been more the moment where I see what I've lost and what I've learned last year, and how can I honor the promises I have made to my family, my friend, my dad and myself in this new year.

I hope the best for all of you. Have a successful and blessed 2023.

-TheIronbird.

Friends, I really need your help. My PC was damaged beyond repair and without it I can't work, so my livelihood is at risk;;;

Any donation, no matter how small, will help me immensely in this situation.

You can also help me a lot if you share this post. My sister also uses this computer and we are both very worried, in addition to not having a very easy financial situation;;

Thank you very much, in advance.

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Hello my dear friends and watchers! I hope you're all safe and sound, as well as your dearest ones!

This account isn't by any means abandoned, but actually my life has had a turning point that got us first worried and now happy: my youngest sister had a baby!

The new baby was a premature girl and the birthing was very difficult (in fact, my sister almost died during the surgery), but fortunately, they both are safe and healthy, especially the baby (my sister is still a bit weak, since she almost bled to death).

She's the first baby in the family, so we all are very happy, and the little potat is now the jewel of our lifes, filling us with a renewed sense of joy, hope and purpose. Of course now she's super pampered!

So, this is mostly the major news in my life, being a happy uncle. Certainly I am still doing my best drawing so I don't get too rusty, but now we are a bit more focused in keeping the baby and the mom happy.

And that's all for now! I hope you all are okay, and if there is some interesting that you want to share with me, feel free to do so on the comment box!

See you around!

- TheIronbird