Louise owned one portrait piece that depicted one of her children. That child was her firstborn, Louis-Philippe, Belgium’s first Crown Prince. Chances are that this miniature portrait is the central feature in Louise’s renowned portrait painted by Franz Xaver Winterhalter, in which Louise is celebrated not only as the mother of her children, but also as the Mother of the Belgian nation. Unfortunately, Louise’s first child did not live to celebrate his first birthday, which unwillingly turned this affectionate portrait piece into a ponderous mourning piece. The experience of loss – and certainly the loss of a child – can unleash a profound sense of grief. It is the kind of grief that has the tendency to distort our perception of reality, since, as explored by the new bracelet, our senses perpetually, yet mistakenly delude us into seeing our lost loved one everywhere our eyes take us. These glimpses confront us with the eternal void the lost one has left behind. A void that yearns for acknowledgement, and eventually deserves its own kind of honouring.