Other things may change us but we start and end with the family.

~Anthony Brandt

Family.  What a loaded word!

It can evoke a virtual tornado of swirling emotions and we all have different concepts of what a family is, what it means, and how it shaped us.

My beautiful mom left us in 2006 and Dad joined her in 2008.   The year Dad died I became a grandparent and this was the valentine I created the following Valentine’s Day as I reflected on those two very life-changing events.

Part of the experience of the valentine is opening it up to find the layers and although it will be hard to convey this on a 2 dimensional blog but I will attempt!

The front:

When you open the card these are the first two pages you see:

Followed by:

With this being in the very center:

When you open up the ribbon you find this:

The pop-up heart that would have absolutely delighted my dad!

To see the valentine I created to honor my mother after her death please click here.