Irene_Designs

There is a very emotional story behind this. I am a graphic designer and photographer by profession, and I loved my job with a passion. My 8 year old daughter was diagnosed with cancer back in 2013, my whole world fell apart immediately. Things couldn't get any better for her unfortunately, as it was a rather aggressive form of bone cancer. We did everything we can to stop this cancer progressing. Great Ormond Street Hospital for children in London did their best, but after 3 years of continuous hospital visits, chemotherapy and radiotherapy, my daughter who turned 11 by then died to this disease in June 2016. I had a mental breakdown soon afterwards. I could not go back to normal. My life wasn't worth living. Simple things were very hard for me to grasp. I had a mind that kept thinking about my daughter, I tried to beat this as best as I can, but I soon realised it got the better of me. My life was one of despair, a lonely life. This lonely life continued for me until around March 2020, yes 4 years on and I finally felt better mentally at the wrong time, at the time of Covid pandemic. I managed to stay focused in the lockdown period, which in many ways somehow helped me recover despite it being a terrible time for others. It has now taken another 3 years for me to fully recover, I am now cleared of any mental health issues and depression by my Doctor in December 2022. And I feel great again, its time I start doing something different, instead of digitally designing things for my employer, I thought why not design things for people who maybe can inspire my designs? So heres my shop, Irene_Designs.