“I created the piece mainly for my mom. This drawing was based off a picture of me saying goodbye to my mom when she was going off on deployment. I was 15 months old and wearing my mom’s Navy uniform. The background for this piece is a map of some of the 50 states. As a military child I moved around a couple of times. The states with a red ‘x’ on them are the places I have lived as a military child. It is hard for all military children to move and say goodbye to their family members.”