The Shadowbox

You’re looking into the psyche of a woman who is intrinsically sentimental, but practical by force. This is a picture of a card I made for my mom. I picked the flowers, pressed them and created the arrangement on the front. My mom put it into this shadowbox and it hung in the dining room for years. I can’t tell you what this did for my self-worth every time I looked at it, because Mom was an artist and she appreciated my offering enough to live with it herself. It has to go. I have nowhere to put it, but I’ll always remember…