Avy's Sunshine Tribe

My almost two-year-old daughter Aveline "Avy" and our family dog, Kemosabe were killed in a car crash on May 17, 2023. After their death I started to draw art with either her name Avy, or likeness, hidden or emblazoned in each design. I had the idea to make them into stickers so her sunshine soul would be seen, remembered, and celebrated everywhere. My art has grown to hand tie-dying items, creating shirts, sweatshirts, cups, and more! 

Each sticker has its own deeper meaning - for example the blue jay was designed for another mother of loss yet, the song lyrics around the jay are changed lyrics to a popular song that I sang to my baby. The stickers celebrate the sunshine light Avy was and the community we are growing at Avy's Sunshine Tribe to live on and spread her soul essence.

As everyone moves on with their lives, every breath I take is broken with my Avy. To all the living mommas and parents who have lost their soul children, I see you, I am you, I feel you, I honor you, and I will never forget your children or you’re suffering.

We created a nonprofit to build a needed community playground/park in the Cedars neighborhood in honor of Avy. In June 2024 we hosted our first free Avy’s Sunshine Kite Festival in which people could decorate and fly a kite in honor of their lost loved ones. The community grief event was full of love and art itself! 

Follow the website below to support Avy's Sunshine Tribe’s journey to build a needed playground/park in her honor in the Cedars.

Avyssunshinetribe.com

Visit the Avy’s Sunshine Tribe table & enjoy children’s activities at South Side on Lamar Artist Qtrs. Enter on Belleview St. 1409 Botham Jean Boulevard