Searching for resolution

For awhile now, I have been working to complete things I've started. Wow, I had so many things started. There were two paintings however hanging incomplete on my studio wall which were not the work of current students or my own. One is quite near completion and is the work of a young lady who is developing her own artistic style and legacy. I have decided to simply give it to her to finish on her own. The other is the work of a student who took a break two years ago to start his own business. Often he says, "I'm coming back one of these days." Yet the picture hangs there day after day, week after week, month after month, wanting resolution hating its suspension in progress. I decided to finish it.
It was an acrylic not an oil, so the process is fairly easy even after two years. Icleaned it and then opened the surface with medium and began to paint. A wash of color here, a thick layer there. Evaluation, construction, a highlight and a shadow. The picture is complete and ready for its owner and whatever comes next. I will not sign it or frame it. I will write on the back what it is and the co painters and date of completion. That is sufficient. My husband said he felt it was satisfied. I do too.
I told the former student what I had done. A look of relief spread over his face. Then he got excited. I'm going to get one of your paintings! (I never give students my work.) I told him it was as much his as mine. This is a new thing for me. I'm proud of the work, but I hope I never do it again.