Mothers' Day

My mother passed away in November 2001.

She was an amazing woman and a wonderful mother. Mother's Day is often the hardest time of year for me. It is the time that grief and the sadness of losing her visit me more strongly than other times of the year like her birthday or other holidays.

I started working on a a piece of art (Memory Box or Shrine) a few years after she died. It has taken me quite a while as I have been looking for and waiting to find just the right elements and photos and ideas that would express how I remember her.

I have finally finished the piece. So, this is for you Ruth Elkins Philkill.