As a family affected by childhood cancer (our 18 year old son has been fighting AML Leukemia since August 2008), you quickly find your family growing and many new bonds created with those who find themselves in the same circumstance. Our daughter on right met Kaytlin just a few minutes before I snapped this shot of them as they were bonding in the playroom at MD Anderson. Both have brothers who are in the battle against cancer. Their new partnership is bound by the unstated. Nothing has to be said. They both know. Their meeting place is not dance class or the school classroom or playground. It's in a cancer hospital. A place both have come way too familiar with.
This picture for me tells the story of authentic friendship. Age, race, ethnicity, skin color are absolutely no factors - as they ought never to be. But this friendship has roots, although they just met today. A commonality exists between the two. A commonality that includes the fact that they both have brothers whose lives are threatened by this monster we call cancer.
Beautiful and very touching.
Posted by: Kim Thibodeaux | March 18, 2010 at 08:04 PM