Happy Mother’s Day to me! This May 14th morning I pulled some pants on over my nightgown, drove to a nearby gas station on Harvard, and picked up a copy of The Plain Dealer; the paper that moved my branch of the Oldfather family from Nebraska to Ohio when my Grandpa Roger got a job with them in the 50s. I sat down at our long, wooden dining room table and opened up the Sunday A&E section. This is what I saw:

Many thanks to cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer for featuring my work so prominently! Thank you to Steven Litt for spending time with the exhibition and writing a thoughtful piece of criticism. My heart is extra full this Mother’s Day. You can read the full article online here.

Let’s celebrate all the mothers today, and the families that support the boundaries we mothers must set in order to have lives of own. We are thankful you acknowledge that this makes us better, not just for ourselves, but for you! Your love and life make us better too! We love you so much and are grateful to be your mothers and wives.