It was such an honor to be approached by longtime client, Stone Architecture, to be involved in the Sandy Hook Memorial design pitch. As a mother of two young boys, this was a very important and emotional project for me. The most important task was to concept a memorial wall at the entrance of the park. Trying to avoid a cliché wall of names, I decided to make it a very personal remembrance of the children that included drawings of each child and sentiments from the family, etched in gold into the stone. For purposes of the pitch, I used drawings from my son and neighborhood children and sentiments from my heart (and Google’s). Out of 189 international submissions, we were one of the top 10 finalists! Even though we didn’t win the commission, I am proud of our concept and design and am honored to have spent time on such a meaningful project.