Touching care

You see the same faces in the radiation waiting room, swapping diagnoses and life stories and cheering for the ones that had their last treatment in a very American comradery and support.

There are a few chairs, a table with the monitor for treatment delays and a coffee table in the corner that has a small wire stand.  

On that wire stand there are origami birds or crocheted pink bells, and today one of the women, who had her last treatment brought handmade bracelets. These are for anyone to take to give you some encouragement, or hope ... you can take any one you like or pick the number of how many treatments you had today. I got my #8 (most of them go up to 15, which is the standard number of treatments).

How very American that it is on such an individual level to reach out to strangers that share a similar burden and help and encourage them with these simple tokens.

I am thinking that even though I am not crafty, I also want to make a few somethings for that wire stand. Probably numbering up to 30 at least, as this will be my final number of treatments.