I chose her because my mom said that she looks a lot like me a few years ago, and the cat too, we had a very similar looking black cat 🥺 which gives the painting so much meaning to me and that's also why the disappointment was probably more than it would have normally been because of very obvious gapping, I know that the picture is older but I got the new diamonds and they just don't fit like they should, they're too small. I tried to ignore it and it's not as obvious from a viewing distance but it still upsets me. I also made a few changes, not because I didn't like it but because I made her look even more like me and a friend of ours actually came around a few days ago and noticed the resemblance without me even saying anything and that made me smile because it has so much emotional value.