Do you ever Wonder...

about LIFE?

{My first key chain made of Swarovski crystal. It was the same color as my first new (to me) car in 1985. I still wonder how she felt when I totaled it within the first 3 weeks of driving it.}

{Her De Colores pin she received when she made her Cursillo in the 1980's}

{A lapel pin she wore proudly in honor of her son in law & all military service men and women across the world who served in the Gulf War in the early '90's.}

{One of her favorite brooches even though it is missing many rhinestones. She said it was still too pretty to throw away.}

{Another one of her favorite pins, totally scuffed but she said it still had life.}

{The hummingbird was her favorite bird of all. She kept the feeders full daily and would just sit and watch them for hours.}

{A reminder of her garden...oh her flowers were so beautiful!}

{And every flower garden needed bees! (so she said)}

This is my Mother's pillow. She was my best friend 33 years out of my 38 years of life. About a year before she died, she took an ordinary pillow and she made a collage of her life. Extraordinary.

Each pin has a story and it was her way of documenting them in the most creative way. Almost 6 years ago, I pulled this pillow from the center of her bed. I knew where almost every pin came from. It was the story of her life on a pillow...

I often wonder about LIFE.

When I look at my Mother's pillow, I am reminded that with every LIFE, there is ART.  

I keep my Mother's pillow on a chase in my bedroom. It is one of my most prized possessions of ART...

I challenge you to find the ART in your LIFE and share it with someone special...thank you for letting me share this with you~