[5] Portland State University's Daily Vanguard described Katz as: "leaning close to a small body with legs crossed and hands in, squeezed together in her lap as if she's cold, too.

[9] The statue was financed by a "group of generous Portlanders", and its commission was managed by RACC with assistance from members of Katz's former staff.

[8] It was unveiled on June 2, 2006, on the plaza at the south end of the Esplanade,[10] just north of the Hawthorne Bridge and Main Street marker.

Also in attendance were Mayor Tom Potter, three city commissioners, Bill Bane, friends, and former staff members.

Wearing a lei brought by her son, Katz said the statue looked "far more beautiful than [her]" and encouraged city officials to continue expanding the Eastbank Esplanade south.

[15]Daily Vanguard's Celina Monte called the sculpture "fabulously strange" and said it illustrated the "straightforward, tactile and symmetrical properties" of some of Bane's other work.

[6] The work has been included in at least one published walking tour of Portland, which noted its function as a meeting location for bicyclists and pedestrians.

[5] In 2013, RACC's public art collections manager said the work has received mostly "positive attention" and has been outfitted with hats, flowers and "yarn-bombed" sweaters.