Friday, December 3, 2010

Living with Cancer


This painting of two people who have been special in my life. They both have been living with cancer. So often we think of cancer as a growing "thing" in our bodies, but I see them rising above the disease with a will to live. The quotation is one of an old Persian proverb: "Deem every day of your life as a leaf in your history." We all have leaves in our history. Every person has a story and these two people have stories as well. I painted this after we were in Hawaii last November, and we shared our individual journeys with cancer.

Yesterday, my friend, Sandy and I visited Karen in a hospital and we were able to share how much we love her and how special her family is to us. We were honored to be able to share with her at this time. I hope this painting honors both of them.

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