Bella dreamed of being a flight attendant
Bella in her last week of life as an inpatient at hospice confides – only to her daughter and in the presence of this memory
Regrets
Craig would give his right arm to save Mark
Craig felt he had failed his childhood friend Mark after returning home from service in Afghanistan. Mark was being swallowed up by his addiction to
Encoded messages liberate Gerri from her regrets
A concerned friend noticed that Gerri was beginning to retreat from life as she neared her Big Birthday and imminent retirement. As an antidote, the
Isabel is Maria’s greatest accomplishment
Isabel wished to create a gift for her mother in the spirit of a warm reunion as typically their relationship feels always on edge. Isabel
Loretta’s mom learned to love her daughter by loving herself
Total images: 9 After her mom died, Loretta stuck all the original photographs in a drawer. “I would look at the photos,” says Loretta, “and
Simon with the grand-daughter he never met
Total images: 9 Simon, a Holocaust survivor, read the Jerusalem Post religiously and ran the New York Marathon every year. The beautiful etching tinted blue
Rita knows how to handle her Marlboro men
Roy knew his 81-year old mother was hooked on the idea of artistic photomontages because he saw how they “actually accentuated her happiness!” This was
Whatever you could do, Harold did better
Photos from the family: 4 After years of seeing a therapist, creating a retirement gift as a fine art roast became a refreshingly therapeutic way for
Thor and Vehar give Sandy time off to dream
Sandy S was her mother Edith’s sole caregiver after she suffered a debilitating stroke. Instead of enjoying her days as a stay at home mom
Charlie dreamed of covering the 1955 World Series
Total images: 11 Charlie R will watch any sport on TV if there’s no baseball or hockey. But deep down his daughter knows he would
David was dead set on singing in Wales
Total images: 6 George Estevez is David Mayer’s partner for 57 years, and then he’s gone, throwing David into a tailspin. Grief has made old