Instead of standing in line at the store to purchase last minute gifts I was standing in line at the hospital waiting to get my blood drawn. You wouldn’t think there would be that many people needing to get blood work done on Christmas Eve, but apparently the lab is the place to be for the holidays. As I sat there waiting for my name to be called I though about all of the children who were spending Christmas in the hospital battling cancer instead of being at home with their families. It reminded me of a segment I saw recently on CBS Sunday Morning called “Beads of Courage” about a woman in Arizona who started making glass beads and distributing them to children in hospitals across the country who were undergoing cancer treatment. Each colored bead represented various aspects of the process including clinic visits, chemo, radiation, etc. Some of the children had hundreds of beads, each telling their own personal story. One child in particular had so many beads that her father had to wear them as he accompanied her to each visit or treatment. It’s interesting how something so small can have such a big impact.
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