Lost Childhood Object
Recreating someone's cherished childhood object, especially one that has been lost for years, is a very big task. It is an object that is so special that, even though gone, it is held on tightly in a person's memory. Even into one's adulthood, the object holds such great emotional ties that it will never truly be forgotten. Sophie's (new) Butterfly Night-Light While it was initially described to me as a rather plain, rectangular looking night-light, I realized that Sophie's night-light wasn't as ordinary as she made it seem. It had many small details that made it special to her. It was about the size of a cellphone, with a simply designed, white butterfly at its front, and red, blue, and green colored lights shining from its different sides. But, most importantly, its comforting presence was that which stood in place for her parents every night as she went to bed. Seeing as light itself can represent that warm and comforting prese...