I spent part of this project going back through photos I had on my computer and also taking pictures outside. I wanted to connect my Mom’s passions for family, education, the outdoors, gardening so I compiled photos that I had taken or that she had sent to me. It is a simple collection but it fills me with warmth thinking of the memories that are associated with them–like her old college road bike that my sister and I used throughout our college lives or childhood adventures to the beaver pond exploring and catching salamanders. I also included a photo of me and my sister because I enjoyed thinking that those expression being made were from someone who might be my mother taking the photograph, and so much of our childhood is wrapped in memories of our mother.

I like a lot of these photos because although they can be understood by others they notably express more importance to me as they are transformed by memory.