Cheryl Hurst

Best Work Yet

Story of Alta’s Altered Book My friend Alta was an amazing, and compassionate person. This is a story of what I made for Alta out of my passion of creating unique pieces of art and my gratefulness for her love and acceptance of me. To me, she was a substitute grandmother who always cared about what was going on in my life. She had a very full life and touched many people. She made quilts for babies, volunteered at a museum and participated in a prison ministry along with playing the organ and piano at church, cooking church meals and raising one boy and two girls. The only thing that stopped as she grew older well into her 90s was her loss of hearing and failing sight. She passed away the day after Christmas 2020 at the age of 99. I had met her at church when I was about three years old. She and her husband were in their late forties which seemed old to me.