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The birthday cake sits at the centre of the piece, symbolising love, happiness, celebration and the passing of time. It rests on a table beside peonies that have just begun to open. Together, they form a quiet dialogue, a mother and child relationship between two connected forms.
The room has just emptied, yet it remains warm and inviting. A pair of rabbits appear, as if visiting from another lifetime. They were once pets, part of the dreams of an earlier era before the children were born. Not forgotten, simply woven into the fabric of who we were.
Beneath it all is a sense of love and loss, and a gentle reminder to stay present with the people in our lives now, while we still can.