Why?

While I am mostly inspired by what I see around me – water, sky, flowers, sweets – once in awhile I am moved from within to paint my feelings.  The American flag, flown all around me, what did it stand for if our freedoms were being eroded in the aftermath of 9/11?  “Why?” started with a newspaper photo of a little girl, exhausted and huddled by the side of the road, one of thousands of migrants on their way to our southern border.  What future did she have?