Cross Collaboration with Pregnant Promise

               

Pregnant Promise painted  in 1996 & copyrighted by Shannon White 2007

While caring for my son in the hospital, last month, I received an e mail from an international doctoral student requesting the use of my Pregnant Promise painting image for her thesis on minimal counseling in the case of an irregular pregnancy.  The timing of the request caused me to think of how much my son means to me, cancer or no cancer, and what my fears may have been had I known he would struggle with it before he was born.  He is a gift and ever full of promise.  My life is so much richer for having him.  She had given much thought to her approach to valuing the pregnancy, the parents and the doctor and other medical staff.  There was a consistent respect of life while there was also a respect of freedom within the existing legal system.  She was not a legislator, but dealing with medical counseling.  I was honored to cross collaborate my artistic voice with her medical voice and was, again, amazed at the poignant timing.  Blessings to you in your life & career, Jolande!

~ by balm on November 7, 2007.