Betrayed, ANg

Betrayed.
ANg.

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about the artist.
Alter My World (screen name) aka Ang began her art journey one year after the death of her newborn son, Andrew Joseph. Her art gives her a voice, whether its her grief expression or her happy times, it gives her a sense of self and the hope of healing. Art at first became a voice of grief and sorrow, through the years it has become so much more than that. It now has periods of laughter and brightness and when she needs to, she arts about loss and grief and sadness.

Her art can be seen here.

The Woman of Hearts, Elizabeth Davis

The Woman of Hearts.
Elizabeth Davis.
Sketch with markers.

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about the piece.
Beth talks about her drawing, "For some reason, I felt inspired to draw a woman with a large heart as her pregnant belly.  I made the 'break' into a K for my daughter's name.  I hadn't planned it, but when I drew the outline of her shirt, it looked like a heart.  Then her face was made to look like a heart, and somehow, I ended up with 20 full hearts in the piece.  I also did not plan for the curls in her hair to look like half-hearts.  After the loss of my daughter, I feel so much more pain than I have ever experienced, but I also feel love so much more deeply now.  That must be how the 'woman of hearts' was born."

about the contributor.
By night, Elizabeth Davis is a pediatric registered nurse. By day, she is relearning how to breathe after the death of her daughter Kathlyn. Beth describes her writing and blog, "Safety is a big issue for me and often appears in my writing.  I have to be safe in my job in the care I provide as a nurse.  My husband is a police officer and I tell him to be safe every time he leaves or we say goodbye on the telephone.  My blog title reflects how important I view safety.  I'm always apologizing to my daughter and begging her for signs that she's safe wherever she is.  I would have kept her safe here too... I would have done my best, anyway, and I didn't mean to fail her the way I feel I did, so I'm constantly looking for signs that she's safe." Elizabeth maintains the blogs Safe in This House and Letters to my Daughter.