Buttons Project
To send your button:
The button that you choose is special and unique to you, representing a life lost.
So when you select your button, I would suggest getting two - one to send and one to keep for yourself. Or you may like to take a photo of it.
Also, it is important to remember the date of when you sent your button. All the buttons will be catalogued and displayed - probably on giant wall hangings - according to the month and year they were recieved. These will eventually be displayed in an appropriate place as a type of memorial, a safe place to visit without judgement. If you file the date of when you sent your button, you will have a better chance of spotting it if you visit the memorial display.
All correspondence will be acknowledged where return addresses are supplied. No names or identifying details will be used anywhere. Eventually we will have updates about the project on the website.
Again, my dream is that many women will send me a button - some will come with stories, some in an unmarked envelope. Some senders will give their names and addresses; others will remain anonymous. Buttons will also come from fathers, grandparents, sisters or brothers - all of them buttons of remembrance.