....carrying on from my post on the 'guardian angel' thread.
The picture in question has been taken down by my husband and put in the garage for now....
I've never really thought about it - but he pointed out a few things that we both didn't give much thought to (because at the end of the day - it's a picture!!).
The picture was painted by a Spanish street artist about 20 years ago. His mum was in good health celebrating valentines day at their family apartment in Spain, when she decided to have her portrait done. She came 'home' to get ready to go bowling, when she complained about heartburn. Within the hour, she died of a massive heart-attack. My husbands grandma went - saw the portrait and took it back to England and stored it away (she didn't feel like people would want a reminder like that) - so it was forgotten about.
..being old - she decided last year to clear through a few things in preparation for her own death, so other people didn't have it all to do. She came across the portrait and asked us if we'd like it. She said she didn't know when it was done - but it's a very good likeness. My husband doesn't have any pictures of his mum - so he thought it'd be nice to have. On getting it back to France - I noticed the date it was done. I felt a bit weird about it - but then thought it was nice to have a reminder up for my husband.
...I won't go into the 'sad events' over the last year - but they've been coming at us constantly at every turn. It could be coincidence - but I'm willing to 'test it' by taking the portrait down.

It's been hidden away for over 20 years - we're the first to have it since it was painted....does the picture have some kind of 'sadness' curse? or are we mentalists?
