during the carefree days of childhood
The 3 sunflowers are symbolic of The Trinity:
The Father, The Son, and The Holy Ghost
Celia (age 10) and Melissa (age 5)
selling Celia's Wanda Warlocker--Girl Witchstory
(a finalist in a national book contest for children)
and orange "Witch-ade"
to passing tourists in 1985
from "The Dungeon."
Photograph from The Savannah Morning News
October 26, 1985
A statuette, of a little girl resembling Celia at that age,
now stands, amidst sunflowers,
with a rabbit (Celia had several over the years)
and a frog (which, as a child, she enjoyed catching--and, as an adult, catching and placing on Antoine's head when she wanted M & M's in the middle of the night!).
A plaque, to Celia's memory, hangs adjacent
to "The Dungeon of Love."
It says:
To a devoted wife, loyal sister,
loving daughter
and a "sunflower" to all who knew
her.
CELIA PINSON ISKANDAR
Nov. 21, 1974 -- Aug. 3, 1998
Since Celia requested cremation, there is no
grave site.
At her request, her ashes were scattered in
Sedona, AZ
by her husband, Antoine. Looking at the photograph,
Antoine said it looked as though Celia were
trying to come back to him
one last time (because of the way the wind
blew her remains back as he scattered them).
Note how the sky needs a beautiful, fluffy
white cloud--that's what "she" looks likes
in this picture. Now, whenever I see such
a cloud, I see Celia in the midst of it with a
radiant smile of peace and contentment upon
her face.
