Dana's Dilemma
by michael stuart thompson
$300
Between these shades of surgical blue and arterial red, she crafted her words carefully. They flowed like these curves, gentle yet precise, each brushstroke a sentence: "I'll be fine" (in hopeful sky blue), "It's treatable" (in determined crimson), "Don't worry about me" (in steady navy). But beneath those confident swirls, see how the colors tangled and knotted? That's where she hid the midnight fears she never spoke aloud. Her children's mother was made of stronger stuff than trembling hands and sleepless questions. So her courage was painted in bold strokes of red; her vulnerability swam in pools of blue. While her love--fierce, protective love--was woven through every space between.