This is the only painting that isn't named after a Lucy Maud quote but rather a quote from a woman named Alana. The intricate way that this story unfolds is long but perhaps you have the time. As some of you might know I lost my sister to depression in 2017. We lost her to the Northumberland Straight. It changed me forever. While I was staying at this property I learned about Lucy Maud and her own struggles with depression and that she too lost her battle with it in the end. She even chose her own burial spot as she wrote she wanted the winds from the Northumberland's straight to blow over her resting spot. The parallels of Anna and Maud were so wild. The more I read, the more photos I found or buildings I walked through I became more and more overwhelmed with emotion. I could feel so much. I could almost hear things as I was walking along some paths by Campbells Pond. So this is where things get wild. During my week stay someone special (who I never had the pleasure of meeting) died. Her name was Alana. She was one of the people who worked with my parents in a program for suicide survivors after we lost Anna. Alana was a big part of my mom and dads processing of grief. Alana had expressed her deep sadness that Anna had died because I guess they had been in a play together a couple of times so she knew her quite well. The day I returned from the week stay I was very emotional. I began painting the first piece of this collection. When I was almost finished I received a phone call from my mother. She was calling to tell me that my father was moving boxes downstairs and he grabbed one of Annas from her old house and this folded paper was sticking out of the top. He pulled it out and it was a letter. A letter on a simple piece of hilroy lined paper. It was addressed to Anna. It was from Alana, who had only died less than a week before. The letter was praising Anna for being such a wonderful person who helped others and had a special glow. But she also told her to take care of herself while caring for everyone else. How that letter from that particular woman, written to Anna appeared at that exact time is just mind blowing. I believe Lucy Maud also had a glow. Her writing still glows from the pages I read it. This piece is dedicated to all the people who's light shines so bright it can only be hear for a short while. | 
