Remembering My Mom.... Bonnie

The above photo is a layout I did of my Mom. She passed away last year leaving many questions unanswered and leaving me feeling a bit empty and confused so I decided to do SCRAP THEREPY.

My Mom wasn't a very good mom... actually she wasn't even a very good person... but she was still my Mom. I have challenged myself for many years now to go through all the photos in my mind and weed out the dark, blurry, torn and just bad pictures, only keeping the good ones in my thoughts. Now I am doing this with all the real photos I have inherited.

It is strange how an old photo can bring up so many emotions... love, fear, joy, longing, wonder, distress just to name a few. Looking at these photos reminds me that I was created from her.... qualities both good and bad. My creative talents have come from her and for this I CELEBRATE.

Bonnie Cly had many short commings, but she never failed to bring out the artist in me. The first layout that I have created for her is the one above, it really shows her in her element. She is leading an art auction somewhere in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Here she is young, newly married with a small child... her whole life ahead of her. This is a good photograph. This is how I want to remember her.