Flashes of Hope @ Camp Sunrise –  Wheatley Heights, NY

Flashes of Hope @ Camp Sunrise – Wheatley Heights, NY

I have been a really, really busy bee this summer... Which I will go more into when the fall hits. Earlier in the summer I...
I have been a really, really busy bee this summer... Which I will go more into when the fall hits. Earlier in the summer I was contacted by  Flashes of Hope,  a volunteer a nonprofit organization that strives to use photography as a tool to change the way children with serious illnesses see themselves. Through the gift of photography - and raises money for pediatric cancer research. Professional photographers provide free portraits of the children to help them feel better about their changing appearance. When I arrived at Camp Sunrise as a volunteer on behalf of Flashes of Hope I...
My Mother in Law.. a friend, a Mother…

My Mother in Law.. a friend, a Mother…

Elaine T. Clancy January 22, 1948 - September 21, 2009 My Mother in Law passed away this morning at 5:45 am.  Over the last 6...
Elaine T. Clancy January 22, 1948 - September 21, 2009 My Mother in Law passed away this morning at 5:45 am.  Over the last 6 weeks we have been at the hospital and then later at the  hospice helping care for her with my family, staying overnight, holding her hands, listening to her words about life about all the pain she was going through with  cancer.  Six weeks ago she was diagnosed with stage 4 Cervical Cancer. I thought to myself how could this be, she just came back with us from Alaska a week before, I know she wasn't...