September 11

[Anne Hall]

I know this response may not be particularly timely, given that it has been over 5 months since 9-11, and it has been 3 weeks since the last post to this thread. But just two nights ago I experienced one of those wonderful lucid dreams that so lightened my heart I feel emboldened to comment on this topic.

In the dream I was lost and looking for my way on a dark road leading I knew not where when I saw a warm wonderful smiling face. The dream me did not recognize the person, but the waking me knew it was my wonderful husband.

Whatever else I may have and lose in this life I hope I never lose the feeling I had when I looked on that face. This is not meant to be a love letter to my deserving spouse, but to comment on how much more meaning than ever that a portrait can have in the life of an individual, a family, a business or a group of people. Our loved ones matter; portraits remind us why and how.