Life Goes On Without You

This card makes me cry. I woke up earlier this week from a dream about a friend of mine who passed away when we were young. I decided to go downstairs and do some art work instead of lying in bed feeling sad. My face still wet with tears, I started working...and this card was the result. I can't look at it without feeling the tears well up inside my eyes, my throat, my heart. They are tears of sadness but they are also tears of joy. They are tears that remind me of how special the people in my life are and how quickly we can be separated. They are the kind of tears that remind me that this person and I are still connected even though we are temporarily separated.

The red background represents my heart and the larger gold piece represents the part of my life that is no longer whole because he is gone. The smaller gold piece represents my friend and the spiral is this thing we call "life" that keeps us apart.

With something so personal you would think that I would want to keep this card, but that isn't the case. As a matter of fact I feel that this card *wants* to be let go. And besides, this particular swap is a special one. It's with a group of people I know would appreciate a card made with so much feeling. To my Imagination Tribe buddy who receives this card...I hope you enjoy it. I truly put my heart into it. And to Bruce, wherever you are, it's been more years than I care to count but I still love you and miss you every day. I'm still waiting for that phone call you promised me!