The vest...day 30 (365 project)

I received a beautiful gift in the mail from Riverside.   I open it to find photos of my mother, father and others, some poems, booklet from the African American Historical Society for Evergreen Cemetery (with my father listed  in it) , a wall hanging art piece made for Nosotros  (my father was artist in residence  non profit ), and my fathers dress vest.

  I couldn't help but to unwrap my fathers vest and immediately bring it to my face and want to smell him once more as I twirl the buttons and imagine helping him button it up and he putting his large powerful hands in the vest pockets.....and I see him smile at me.