"Our loved ones matter; portraits remind us why and how."
Anne,
Thanks for sharing your thoughtful dream. You are absolutely right in your sentiment. After I settled down following my initial panic attack, my current client expressed a similiar sentiment. She owns a portrait of her great-grandfather, and told me if there was a fire (God forbid) that would be the one thing she would reach for first.
Then, of course, she would run in and grab the portraits I did for them.