Tuesday, August 16, 2016

FAITH, HOPE, AND TRANSFORMATION


I work with cancer patients everyday, and I have seen some amazing things happen in their lives that can only be explained through faith and the never ending feeling of Hope.  There are so many stories of Transformation that will be forever in my heart and that make my faith stronger everyday.

I painted this picture with the memory of one transformation story that touched my heart so strong. I wish I could tell her story, but alas it is not my story to tell. What I can tell you is that she was a woman who not only stayed strong through her battle with cancer, but also stayed strong to win her battle to be a better person. In this picture  I wanted to remember her in the transformed beautiful lady I saw after her battle was done. I sat and thought about what I felt was her identifying characteristics that made her who she was.  What I would remember about her was that she really loved hats, bold stand out jewelry and anything lace.  She wore some of the wildest outfits to the clinic, but one day she came in wearing this really neat black hat with gorgeous dangling earrings. She had a blue dress on with a black lacy jacket. I always looked forward to her coming in so that I could see what she would be wearing.  I have never been much of a painter, but knowing her brought out something beautiful inside me that I think transformed me into a halfway decent multimedia painter.  I am very proud of this picture and I smile every time I look at it and I think of her.

This picture sits on my desk at work and there have been many other cancer patients that have looked at her and said that's a beautiful picture, I think it's because they see a beautiful lady.

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