To Clare S....Any physician worth his/her salt will tell you that healing in an art, not a science. Science is the physciologic basis, the palate, from which the artist works. I work with medical doctors every day. My clinic cares for kids with cancer, juvenile diabetes, cystic fibrosis, AIDS, cerebral palsey, and every other debilitating, nasty illness of childhood. I observe on a daily basis the miracles of medicine and the men and women who direct them. I also observe on a daily basis the power of prayer, a good thought, a kind word, or just a caring glance in the lives of these children and their families. Without the strength of spirit to which this community regularly contributes, the artist has no canvas upon which to paint his/her miracles. I am not a person of great religious faith -- probably a product of my mixed Lutheran/Jewish heritage. I believe in what I can hear, see and touch. I have seen many times over the healing of a childs, or families spirit by the grace of of a community. For me, that is real.

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