This is Patience. She is healing herself, learning new ways of mending. She can’t erase; she uncovers, re-covers and replaces, but she will not recover what was there before.

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Instead, her grey hair, her marked skin and her dress, embroidered with reinforcing stitches, show her transformation, and the process of change and repair never ends.

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Her mirror face reflects her introspection, looking back, while the passage of time brings age, healing and a sense of self.