Mosaic Glass Creations

My first New Year's Eve without you. Always, you pushed me. Always, you challenged me. Always you believed in me.

Larry Jacknin passed away from complications due to ALS on February 23, 2016 Larry created this pastel while we were on the beach. I love the way the bird looks like it is deep in thought, reflecting a lovely day spent at looking out at the ocean. I told him that if he were a bird, he would be that bird and that is how he got the nickname "Larry Bird." People have said to me that they were sorry that Larry suffered for the last few years of his life. And while ALS was unfort

Have you ever had a time in life where you are trying plan something and nothing looks like it is going right? We Will Cross That Covered Bridge When We Get There is our artist way of expressing those feeling. Larry and I went to Boston in May 2015 so he could participate in an ALS study at ALS Therapy Development Institute (TDI). TDI designed a research program called the Precision Medicine Program for 20 to 25 patients to participate, but thanks to ALS ice bucket challenge

Sometime in life we all experience hard times. Larry and I went to an ALS picnic where someone there told us an old parable. She said our struggles are like a rocky or rough body of water that we can navigate by swimming or on a boat. Our "boat" is our friends and families who help us get through the hard times. As we have had to deal with Larry's illness we have found this to be very true and have worked this theme into many of our mosaics including these mosaics we are