Thank you for your well wishing...I also still have hope.
Because I feel life is a gift...we shouldn't waste it.
Our joy on the other hand is not always in our hands...
You know how they say that "beauty is in eyes of beholder" (or something like that).With a photography I feel it is very important WHO is taking it.We can have same cameras , same object etc. and still we'll have different photos.Cause we put piece of our soul in every photo.I have heard somewhere how some people do not want to be photographed because they believe that it's taking a bit of life (soul) from them.But it also give that piece of soul to others who are going to see it.
Aboriginies here in Australia do not want to see photos of deceised people ( I do not know exactly why is this ofending to them)...I had photos of my dead ancestors around the house untill at some point I felt unconfortable and I put them back to the album.
Photography is definitely strange media.It capture seconds of life...indefinitely.Good photography capture joy of life...even when it's sad.
All the best In Wales...