“When Ella dips her finger into the swirl of whipped cream,
I lick my lips.
When Ella looks at the whipped cream,
she licks her lips.
Then Ella leans down and gives ME the big swirl of whipped cream.
On HER birthday.”
Sushi the Cat was inspired while I worked for my church as a conversational English teacher in Japan, where I met my husband. Thirty years later after our daughter and her family moved to Tokyo, I traveled to Japan again. Experiencing the extraordinary kindness and respect of the Japanese people inspired me to share those values through this story about my granddaughter and her cat, “Sushi.”
I wrote and illustrated Sushi the Cat in honor of my parents, John and Marilyn, who cultivated my artistic gift from a very young age.
See Sushi the Cat at ArtPrize
September 14 to October 1, 2023
Courage & Soar, 40 Monroe Center St, Ste 104, Grand Rapids
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