This was a bit of challenge for me! But it was fun and very rewarding to see that I could cope without my pretty papers! I didn’t have a whole lot of time to spend on this so It was a bit of a mad dash and I make no apologies for not having it completed with Pics in. I began early and then held off a few days as it was making me a little bitty emotional.

I picked up this butterfly book a while ago with my mother in mind to make her a little keepsake in memory of a little friend of hers whom she cared for daily at the school she works, a girl who touched so many lives as she suffered pain daily with the worst form of EB, read more about that here. Adana passed away at a tender 10 years old.  My mother would bring Adana for visits to my work (Woolies store) where I could always be sure of a healthy dose of cheeky banter and wicked wit for a soon to be ten year old wrapped from toe to neck in bandages to stop her skin from being damaged further and prevent infections as the slightest touch hurt this little lady and made her blister.

My mum would tell us stories daily of Adana, I know funny little things like after mum had eaten a pack of cheese and onion crisps for break Adana would ask mum to breath on her because that was her favorite flavor of crisps that Adana could rarely have the chance to eat as due to her condition she had was fed through a tube in her navel. I know that for Christmas dinner her request was to have macaroni cheese, that her favorite color is pink and that at Halloween I caught a glimpse of a pink furry little creature being pushed in her wheel chair. I could go on but these things I have to work on a way to add into this book.

I wanted to keep the book bright and lovely like Adana herself, also I believe that she is soaring in the most beautiful heaven happy and pain free.

This condition is so rare that there is not as much money goes into the research for cures as does for other diseases. You can leave a donation by pressing the button at the bottom of here if you would like to help children like Adana.

xxx

Alaina,

For the next challenge I want you to create some ‘altered art’ recycling at least two things!

have fun!

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