This painting captures a special moment in time when our daughter, Sabrina, went fishing in Colorado with her adored Grandpa who picked up the slack from a missing Grandma and took joy in all adventures with Sabrina. Here she is 7 years old. He taught her the art of fishing.

This piece did not begin as a collaboration, but when I was finished I had the feeling that something was missing. I asked Tim if he would help complete it. Seeing the impact of Tim&#39;s&nbsp;contributions to the final work, we both realized that this collaboration is a good metaphor for the dynamics of our Karmanos support groups, where by helping each other we often achieve greater results than what we might have achieved alone.<br />
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This piece can be displayed with hands facing either up or down. This is significant because when coping with the physical and emotional impacts of cancer, there are many times that we need to &ldquo;reach up&rdquo; for help. There are also many times when we need to &ldquo;reach down&rdquo; and offer to help.

Helping Hands

This piece is inspired by the African tribal masks that are traditionally used for ceremonial and practical purposes to influence the good and the evil forces in the community. Our cancer support group at Karmanos certainly serves to support its members as they deal with overcoming the bad and encouraging the good as we fight our disease. My collage represents that effort.

Fishing With my Special Grandpa

By Kaitlyn Kosko

September 6th, 2019

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