When I was set to marry the man of my dreams I became paralyzed with fear that he would die. I know this sounds irrational, extreme, even crazy! My friend had been widowed in her twenties, another friend had just lost his wife and when I was 16 my brother told me something that stuck with me. My brother's best friend was killed in a motorcycle accident and he told me "you can't love anything too much or you will lose it". It seemed to be true and here was this man who wanted to marry me and I wanted to marry him and this cruel universe was going to tear us apart. If he was a few minutes late from work I would start my plan of calling hospitals to see if he was there (this was all pre-cell phones because we are O.L.D.). Wedding Party, 2004, Mixed Media Finally, a moment of inspiration came to me. I had been taught to work out my demons with art and one of the ways I was taught was to look at artifacts from my culture. I had always looked to my german descendants ...
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