Mosaic

I had some left over clay, pieces of glass, and beads so I made a mosaic. I didn't have any specific idea of what I was going to make. I started out with shaping the clay into a heart for no particular reason. As I started laying in the pieces of glass, a song lyric from Vienna Teng's "Enough" popped into my heart and kept repeating.  She sings...

 "I'll carry the weight of you....carry the weight of me in your heart."

As the lyrics circled and danced around inside of me, it made me think of the children I got to spend time with in India and Nepal. I will not forget how many of them came up to me and said, "Please don't forget me!" Hearing them say it with such concern and yearning made me resolve that I would do what I could to  love them by remembering them and praying for them even if we are halfway across the world from each other.

I will carry them in my heart. Their presence is ever so real and tangible that my heart can feel their weight. I will carry the weight of them in my heart and this mosaic was a way for me to materialize and express my desire.

I feel like I have left a part of my heart with those children...and I feel like I carry them around in my heart here with me.

4.5" x 5.5" Clay, glass, beads, glue. The hearts on the two maps mark the estimated location of the orphanages we visited.