Last week a new leukemia patient came in to clinic with her mom. She has been kind of shy since diagnosis but we’ve gradually gotten her involved at the art table. She was excited to put a little sculpture in our show at Carroll Square.
The tiny red bird’s nest on the right side of the podium is by the birthday girl!
She just turned five on Tuesday, so she was all excited about her birthday. Her mom prompted her to tell me what they had done to celebrate–“I took my family to see the art show!” She was grinning from ear to ear.
Cool.
An eleven year old girl whose father had been battling cancer for quite some time participated actively in art therapy sessions provided by Tracy's Kids in Northern Virginia. It is easy to imagine the fear and tension, maybe confusion, that would be in the mind of a child in that situation. One afternoon in early 2009, as the little girl left the art room, she discreetly left behind a Post-it note. Her brief message—a mere nine words—says all that needs to be said about Tracy's Kids.
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