I have a photo collage in my hallway between the foyer and my kitchen. Every day I must walk by this collage dozens of times and I never really see it. The other day I stopped and actually looked at it for the first time in years. I was shocked to realize that except for my son and his family, two of my sisters and my step daughter, everyone else was either dead or no longer a part of my life. I am too young for this!
I put this collage together 10 years ago. It was backed with newspaper dated 2001. The photos were of all of the people that I loved and was close to; family, my best friends, the people who were the most important to me. How is it that all of the people who meant the most to me are dead or gone? Of the ones remaining, none live fewer than over a thousand miles away from me. No wonder I sometimes feel so damn lonely!

Once I actually 'saw' the collage, it became a distraction and I had to take it down. I don't know what I will hang in its place. Maybe pictures of my grandsons. Maybe some of my artwork.

Oh no! the whole right side got caught off again! Guess it does not much matter- those people are all gone anyway.