Last week I spent several days at Middleton Place Plantation - an 18th century rice plantation and National Historic Landmark comprising 65 acres of America's oldest landscaped gardens. I came across a slave cabin that is now referred to as Eliza's House. Eliza was not the first to live in the cabin, but she was the last. Born in 1891 she passed away in 1986 at age 95. She lived as those before her; chopping her own wood for the fireplace and carrying water back from the well. She tended the gardens for 40 years of her life as well as cooked in the kitchens. When I stood looking through the window and out the other, it was like looking through a soul. I knew immediately that I needed to translate what I saw through my camera lens to paper. This watercolored piece turned into a card is my tribute to Eliza Leach. I am sure when her time was over the Lord was waiting to take her hand and lead her home to freedom. Well done good and faithful servant. So the last will be first and the first will be last. Matthew 20:16