Cherokee Collection

This is a photo of some of my Cherokee Collection. I began my collection right before my brother died in 1995. My great grandmother was a full blooded Cherokee, on my mother's side of the family. My great aunt Sallie, resembled my great grandmother (I imagine, for I never saw a photo of my great grandmother), yet, my aunt Sallie (given name was Sarah) was much more stand offish than the rest of our family. She was greedy and a very materalistic woman. I have a set of dishes she gave me when I was married at 16. The dishes were given to her when she married my uncle. The dishes are green, trimmed in gold.

My mother use to tell me I take more after her sister, aunt Sissy (nickname, her given name was Elizabeth). Aunt Sissy died when I was in my early 20's. My memory of aunt Sissy was fearful. She was very stern, always spoke her mind, yet, my mother tells me she had a heart of gold, and she would do anything for you. My mom also told me that her husband, my uncle Earl wasn't very nice to aunt Sissy. She recently told me uncle Earl was always running around with other women. Aunt Sissy also resembled what I imagine my great-grandmother to have looked like.

Today, my mother tells me I don't "take after" anyone in the family. She says I have a mind of my own.

The painting of the angel to the left of the collection is a painting I did the day my nephew was being born back in 2007. Will is my brother's first grandson. After my brother died, leaving me notepads of 2 cherubs, which he purchased before he died and wrapped and mailed to me for Christmas, and I opened on Christmas morning, that is when my sister and I began discovering angels.