On January 23rd, 2015, we learned that my sister had refracted and would need a bone marrow transplant. As we sat in her Oncologist office, I listened, but my mind was drawn to the table in his office. It had this bouquet of flowers and my mind kept thinking about them. Were they real? How could they be with it being January in Colorado? If they were fake- they were the most realistic artificial flowers I&#39;d ever seen. Before I left the office that day- I decided that they were real. And that if these flowers could thrive against the odds than not hope was lost.

Initially, one sees the roundness of a tumor and the blood vessels that feed it. Yet, after viewing for a moment, the viewer can see that this is turning into a rose. Kiln glass and a genuine rose were used. The light of universal healing created the transparent, transformational effects here. Submitted in memory of my mother Ruth Reinherz, who succumbed to breast cancer, my teenage son who survived a very rare form of bladder pre-cancer, and in honor of my 40+ friends who are various survivors. You are blooming!

Transformation: From Tumor to Rose

The first time my sister go chemotherapy, she was in-patient and as they hung the bag I did not truly take notice. When round 3 came, I sat in a clinic with her and noticed that every patient was hooked to a pole. And on that pole was this bag. Although that bag contained toxins by definition- it also contained hope. Every patient in that clinic was receiving what they all hoped would be the cure. Receiving treatment is something that nearly everyone diagnosed with cancer endures. My sister- she received a lot more than many. And in the end, I am lucky to say that her many doses of &#39;hope&#39; had a happy ending.

Hope

By Kimberly Johnson

August 14th, 2019

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