I have a friend now named Suzy Jacobson Cherry. When I met her she was Suzy Jacobson. Here she is with her man.

Today I got an invitation from Suzy to participate in an “Invitation to Take Part in a Collaborative Art Project.” Here are the details:

Below you will find scriptures that describe the life of a character named Sarah.  Please read it with literary/artistic eyes.  Think about the things that affected her, and consider what kind of person she is.  The drawing below is by my friend Cecilia O’Brien.  This is her rendition of Sarah.  Study this drawing, and put together an idea of who Sarah is and what she might be like, what her concerns might be, how she might feel about the things that happen to her and the choices she makes in the story.  Think of her in terms of this ancient past AND today’s world.  THEN, in the comments below, share words and phrases that describe her and/or her world.  Share thoughts of current events in relation to this woman, if anything comes to mind. This is an artistic endeavor, faith tradition should not come into play.  If you choose to take part, have fun and thank you for helping out with this!

And here is what I did:

What struck me in the story: Sarah (then named Sarai, but that’s another story) was thought to be barren, i.e. unable to have children. She sends her man, Abraham, to conceive a child with the slave girl Hagar. (Sidebar for American comic strip readers: the Horrible? One wonders…) Years pass, Abraham is about 100 years old and Sarah 90, and the Lord God decides it’s time for Sarah to have a baby of her own. “So Sarah laughed to herself, saying, ‘After I have grown old, and my husband is old, shall I have pleasure?'” Yes, you shall, dear old Sarah, if it be His will.

Here are the words to my triple acrostic “Laugh, Sarah, Laugh”:

Lady pushing 90-plus is laughing fit to howl
As she cuddles ISAAC she just bore–yes, life’s a luau
Unto her nonageneric self–a CHILD!! HA
Gosh, and when much younger she was BARREN as a log
HEY–can’t spell Jehovah without ending with an Ah

LORD, I hope Suzy likes this!