Taken Tuesday 4/20/10, at 5:52 pm. ISO 200, SS 1/1250, f/2.
Find a word/words that offer you encouragement, kindness, or the gentle reminder you just might need today.
Kourage the Kauzbot, she's purple and sweet.
I had a hard time with this assignment. I decided I was going to have to write something out by hand, but then couldn't decide what I would write. The next day, as my son was rolling through my grass photo my daughter insisted on bringing out my/our new mascot. Kourage.
I picked her up in the clearance section of Nationwide Children's Hospital gift shop during our last stint in the day hospital. I needed a break from my son's room, he needed a pick-me-up as it had been a tough day. I got him a little airplane, and some candy. Near the candy was the discount area and all of these little robots, I just had to look at them, they were calling to me. I liked a white one and the purple the best. The white was for periodontal disease. . .nah. Purple, well she hit home.
Her name Kourage. Her cause: George Mark Children’s Hospital – family-centered pediatric care for families with seriously ill or dying children. As we know several children who have lost their fight with Wilm's Tumor and have taken advantage of hospice care at home for their final days, and sweet Celia who requires longer term hospice as Batten's Disease steals her life from us, this one well, it was meant to be.
Each robot comes with a heart tucked in their back pocket. The day I bought Kourage she was it was as though she had been planted in the store just for me. It's hard to put into words the messages sewn into this little stuffed toy, but when I look at her, there is encouragement, and kindness, and a gentle reminder to have courage, and go on our way.
If you are looking for a unique gift, please consider purchasing one of the many Kauzbots, the families whom these charities support thank you. Locally in Columbus they are stocked at the fabulous little boutique, Lottie Da.
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