Worthy

This piece has been in my head for quite some time. I knew I’d need to paint it some day. I woke up in the middle of the night unable to go back to sleep, I couldn’t stop thinking about it. I had had a conversation with my daughter that evening about some very personal things, and felt so strongly that this image would be a way for me to express what I felt without being able to put it into words. This painting was cathartic for me…I couldn’t stop crying for a week after it was finished. It brought back all the emotions I felt when our daughter was in the hospital years ago. The doctors said if we hadn’t gotten help she wouldn’t have lived another week. I felt so helpless and terrified at the time. I can’t imagine how scary that was for her. Life is full of so many difficulties, but I’m so grateful we don’t have to go through it alone. God is watching over us.