Thank You!

Before I start, first I want to say a THANK YOU to everyone who may not have the time, energy, or desire to read my little ramble today. No hard feelings - I understand completely. ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

Being an artist is a lot less glamorous than it looks from the outside.

There are good periods, but a large part of this journey is a constant fight to keep creating, keep believing, and keep going. That's something we've always tried to be honest about in our comics. We share our lives, the beautiful moments, the funny moments, and sometimes the difficult ones too.

But every once in a while, life hands you something that feels much harder to talk about.

The post we shared last Thursday about our financial situation was one of those things.

The truth is, it took us a long time to decide whether we should talk about our financial situation at all. Even after the illustration was finished and ready to post, a second before we published, we were still asking ourselves if its the right thing to do.

What will people think?

What will our families think?

Will this somehow reach our children?

Could this affect future opportunities or partnerships?

We had far more questions than answers, and honestly, our fears outweighed the benefits.

In the end, we told ourselves that maybe all we needed was a little courage. This is our reality. We're not proud of it, but we're not ashamed of it either. It's simply where we are right now.

What happened after we posted the illustaration - completely caught us by surprise!

We were not prepared for the amount of kindness, empathy, support, and love that came our way. The messages, the comments, the support, the shares, the personal stories people trusted us with... it was overwhelming in the most beautiful way. We were awake until 3 AM just to read all of your warm massages.

And strangely enough, this brought us back to another moment in our lives...

Eight years ago, before the kids were born, we shared our struggle to get pregnant. We were terrified to talk about it. Everyone was waiting for the day we'd introduce a child into the comics. Our families were waiting for their first grandchild. We worried about what people would think when we admitted that we were trying and simply couldn't make it happen.

Back then, just like now, we discovered something important:

The moment you share the thing you're most afraid to talk about, the awkward questions disappear. The pressure and the stress start to fade. And in its place comes empathy. It's a little bit like releasing steam from a pressure cooker...

For months, we've been carrying this weight quietly. And after finally sharing what has probably been the most sensitive topic in our lives recently, it feels like a huge amount of that stress has been released.

So thank you.

Thank you for your understanding.

Thank you for your compassion.

Thank you for supporting our work not only when things are going well, but also when they're not.

Most of all, thank you for receiving our story with so much kindness and humanity.

You helped us breathe a little easier.

And right now, that means more than you know.

Love ❤️

Maya & Yehuda