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| comment | | "parent_author":"",<br>"parent_permlink":"introducemyself",<br>"author":"semiramis",<br>"permlink":"once-upon-a-time",<br>"title":"Once upon a time",<br>"body":"At the tender age of 6,<br> my nephew Felipe,<br> was diagnosed with Leukemia. At that time we did not know exactly how serious,<br> and to what extent,<br> the disease would take its toll on our family,<br> during twelve years of hospitalization and sadness,<br> interspersed with frayed hopes.\nMany a time during the chemotherapy sessions,<br> I tried my very best to alleviate his pain with a myriad of distractions,<br> but not knowing exactly how. Neither puppets nor jokes were to any avail. Finally,<br> Felipe quietly returned home from whence he came.\nNot too long after,<br> I met a group of volunteer storytellers who would visit hospitals on a regular basis to read selected short stories to the kids in the ICU and wards. This was and is a really wonderful manner to meaningfully help those children who had lost hope and the light of their lives,<br> while lying on a lonely hospital bed,<br> far away from their friends,<br> family and loving pets.\nTherefore,<br> I immediately grasped the chance of joining the group,<br> and underwent the full three month training period and qualified as a volunteer storyteller. At graduation I got my cherished colored coat to blend in with the medical staff at hospitals.\nFor the last ten years I have looked forward to my weekly visit to a local hospital,<br> with the expectation of being able to extent this truly noble task of spreading joy. Their smiles and laughter are priceless rewards,<br> when I feel that I have selected the right book from my funny satchel,<br> thus filling my soul with joy and contentment. \nTo celebrate a decade of the project CONTA MAIS,<br> which translates to \u201ctell me more\u201d,<br> an illustrated book was compiled and published with many of the wonderful moments that the members of our group encountered,<br> entitled \u201cStories,<br> a medicine that does not hurt\u201d. Members of our group sell copies to better our cause. In future posts,<br> I will be sharing each story with the community. \n\nhttp:\/\/www.wilkins.fot.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/MG_7318_OK_web.jpg",<br>"json_metadata":" \"tags\":[\"introducemyself\",<br>\"health\",<br>\"life\",<br>\"story\",<br>\"writing\" ,<br>\"image\":[\"http:\/\/www.wilkins.fot.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/MG_7318_OK_web.jpg\" " |
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