She Carried Me

The story of "She Carried Me."

I was asked to paint for a friend who had 3 boys, but who had also gone through the pain of loosing babies. So, I prayed. “Father, what do you want me to paint? What will have the kiss of heaven on it? What will be more than a picture and say things so deep that words cannot? What will give a lifetime of pleasure and significance when looked at? What will represent this mother’s journey through all the years, not just right now?’ I knew right away that I was to paint a mother holding a child tenderly, closely. This was to be symbolic of all us mothers carrying our children- those we get to carry for a long time….and those we only carry for a very short time within us, but who do not know us carrying them in the world. If you have lost a child, this painting is to be for you, too. It is to be for all those children you have carried- those you carry with you through this life now, and those you only got to carry for a little while, but will forever carry in your heart.

Those children were carried.

Their testimony in heaven is “She carried me."

And you will always know that you carried them …..and it mattered. It is recorded in heaven that you carried them. This painting speaks to all of us mothers who know the closeness and intimacy of carrying a child. The cloth that covers both mother and child makes them appear as one….and isn’t that how it feels.? It’s hard to let go, however soon the parting comes between us and a child….but the blessing of motherhood is that we get to carry them forever- in our hearts.
May this painting bring you joy, hope and healing.