AUGUS 3RD 1946 MY SISTER BONNIE LEE WAS BORN...LIKE ALL FAMILIES AND SIBLINGS WE HAD OUR DIFFERENCES AND SPATS BUT WE ALSO HAD OUR LOVE. I ADMIRED MY SISTER BONNIE IN MANY WAYS, SHE WAS VERY INTELLIGENT AND MANY PEOPLE LIKED HER. SHE BELIEVED IN GOD AND WAS THE FIRST PERSON I EVER PRAYED WITH. WE USED TO PLAY CHURCH AND SUNDAY SCHOOL, SHE WAS THE TEACHER. ONE AFTERNOON IN OUR LITTLE BEDROOM WHEN WE WERE PLAYING SUNDAY SCHOOL AND TALKING ABOUT GOD AND JESUS CHRIST SHE ASKED ME IF I WOULD LIKE TO PRAY TO ASK FORGIVENESS OF MY SINS AND LET GOD LIVE WITHIN MY HEART. WE KNELT TO PRAY AND I ASKED CHRIST TO BE MY SAVOIR AND SHOW ME THE WAY TO THE FATHER OF ALL THINGS...YOU DO NOT HAVE TO THINK LIKE ME OR BELIEVE LIKE ME. I AM JUST SHARING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY SISTER. ALL HAVE THEIR CHOICE WHAT THEY WANT TO DO WITH THEIR LIFE. I CHOSE THIS. I NEVER REGRETTED THAT PRAYER AND NEVER FORGOT THAT DAY MY SISTER AND I PRAYED. IT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT EVER HAPPENED IN MY LIFE AND SHE WAS A MAJOR PART OF IT. THROUGH THE YEARS MANY THINGS TOOK PLACE...MY SISTER WENT TO COLLEGE AND WAS ATTENDING THE MOODY BIBLE INSTITUTE WHEN SHE WAS 18 YEARS OLD STUDYING TO BECOME A KINDERGATEN TEACHER. ONE COLD NIGHT IN NOVEMBER, THE 8TH TO BE EXACT, 1964...THE POLICE CAME TO THE DOOR TO TELL US MY SISTER HAD DIED IN A CAR ACCIDENT WHILE SHE WAS OUT WITH HER FRIENDS. THEY WERE JOY RIDING AS YOUNG PEOPLE DO. SHE WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT GOT KILLED IN THAT ACCIDENT, SHE FELL OUT OF THE CAR AND WAS KILLED INSTANTLY. THAT IS WHAT THE FUNERAL DIRECTOR SAID. NEEDLESS TO SAY THE COFFIN WAS NOT OPEN BECAUSE SHE WAS TOO BADLY CRUSHED. I DID NOT CRY BACK THEN...BUT I TELL YOU NOW I HURT AND MY HEART CRYS TODAY. I MISS HER MORE AS THE YEARS GO BY WONDERING WHAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE IF SHE NEVER WOULD HAVE DIED THEN. I MISS TALKING TO HER AND SINGING WITH HER AS SHE LOVED TO SING, SHE HAD A VOICE LIKE AN ANGEL. ONE OF HER FAVORITE SONGS WAS "THE OLD RUGGED CROSS". WE SANG IT MANY TIMES TOGETHER. THIS IS THE DAY THE ANGEL CAME TO TAKE MY SISTER TO BE WITH GOD. I JUST WANTED TO LEAVE A PERSONAL MEMORIAL TO HER. MY WORK IS MEANT TO BE PERSONAL, MY ART IS MY LIFE AND MY LIFE IS MY ART. AS I SAID YOU DO NOT HAVE TO THINK ABOUT GOD OR JESUS OR RELIGION LIKE I DO. I NEVER HAVE ASKED YOU TO. THIS IS JUST A TRIBUTE TO MY SISTER AND A NOTE TO EXPLAIN THIS WORK. THANK YOU FOR VIEWING MY IMAGES AND MAY YOU FIND LOVE AND TRUTH AND PEACE IN YOUR LIFE...I PRAY THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT BLESSES YOU ETERNALLY. SINCERELY CHRISTINE...FOR ANYONE THAT VIEWS MY WORK AND IS OFFENDED BY IT, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO VIEW IT IN THE FUTURE IF IT BOTHERS YOU AND YOU DO NOT HAVE TO COMMENT ON IT IF IT MAKES YOU FEEL ANGRY. I DO NOT WANT TO ARGUE WITH YOU OVER THE MATTERS OF THE UNIVERSE OR THE COSMOS OR RELIGION. PEACE IN THE NAME OF THE HOLY FATHER...ONE THING I FIND VERY STRANGE IS THE DATES HERE...1946 T0 1964...