sicko | frivolité

Today, Mother Martha brought us this tatting work, my grandmother made some 18 years ago. For the grandchild that was still to be born. She didn't know whether she would live to see one. She did. But by that time we'd forgotten about the tatting work.

The French name for tatting is frivolité, which also translates as lightheartedness. Although at times plagued by depression, my grandmother would call herself "happy me" (Jetje Pretje).