Prayers Please: For Simone

Hello everyone, please send your prayers for my daughter Simone. She developed a life threatening infection and has been in the hospital since Monday.

The good news is that she has been receiving intravenous vancomycin - which will kill any bug within a 100 mile radius. It's been tough to control the pain, but the morphene has helped.

Surgery did resolve the infection as far as we can tell, but her wound is now pretty extensive and will require some medical management.

We believe everything will now go well, but ask that you keep Simone in your thoughts and prayers!

I want to thank everyone from my office and Board of Directors who have been so understanding.

Also thanks to Simone's classmates, teacher and school administrators who were so thoughtful in sending flowers, cards, banners. Thanks to Cindy & Mrs. C for making sure her friends Juan and Erik got in for a visit (despite her being in isolation). We eagerly await the day Simone can dribble the pink & white basketball you brought!

Much love,
--Shella

Simone's Midnight Art Project: Cool or Creepy?

When I first moved into my house, and at Remarkable Simone's request, I did a quick sketch of her on the white coated cardboard insert from a new set of bed sheets.

It hung around in Simone's room for about four years, she never wanted to get rid of it (God only knows why, I am no Rembrandt).

A day or so ago, around midnight she pulled out her crayons and much to my surprise, colored the sketch. She wouldn't go back to bed until she finished it.

The result is shown here, but my lousy photo does not really do it justice.

Simone's art is actually --- well, remarkable. Her use of vibrant and untraditional color is lovely. And primitive.

I guess the only thing that I can't quite figure out is why she didn't color in her eyes. It gives the art a very odd quality. I can't quite decide if its cool or creepy. Not that it really matters, I am so taken with this that I am going to have it framed.

--Shella

UPDATE: Mr. Fix-It cleaned-up Simone's art. How's this?