19. Finished!

Here's a picture of me in the dress. It took about four months of work. I learned so much, and I have so many wonderful memories of all the time I got to spend with my mom. Thank you Mom!

Something for which I am even more intensely thankful is that my mom's eye has healed. It was almost a year, and she went through a lot. I know it was scary for her, and she was very brave. We are all so fortunate that she had such a great staff of doctors and nurses attending to her health. I know she talked about the dress to some of them, so if any of them happen to read this - Dr. Avaz, Dr. Yamaguchi, Nancy the Nurse - Thank you for taking such good care of her!