from a promise unfulfilled. . . .
During monthly phone calls
from my Aunt Margaret I would agree to send photos of my work. As life would
have it, each month passed without me having sent a photo. Then, one day a call
came through from my dad, "Aunt Margaret passed away today." Aghast
and dismayed I knew I must create a piece for her.
In
preparation for her funeral I decided to make a neckpiece to place on her body
so she'd have something from me "on the other side." As I struggled
to design the right piece I though of family members I knew would have wanted
to say a final word or more to Aunt Margaret before she passed. With that
thought in mind a box in the shape of a heart seemed like the perfect
remembrance.
With
Aunt Margaret's HeartBox™ just out of the oven I traveled to her funeral,
shared my story with family members then watched as people intently wrote their
parting messages on business-card-sized papers. With everyone's message closed
into the box I placed it under Aunt Margaret's arm just before we closed her
casket in preparation for her burial site.
