Professional prints on beautiful matte poly stock or 1.5" deep wrapped canvas with dark contrasting sides. The proceeds of these sales will help fund the "Miracle Life Project", I am personally donating hundreds of prints to parents and families with premature babies in the NICU.
50% of revenue will fund donations to the Sacred Heart NICU, reach for the stars!
Each print will be signed and numbered.
“Heart Chakra” Miracle Life Print
This is the third of 5 painting for the Miracle Life Project.
This Project if for premature babies and their parents. I will contribute 5 videos creating 5 artworks, along with 100s of prints with a personal message. These prints will be donated to the babies & their parents that are now in the NICU. Rinske and I’s hope is that it will bring support and a feeling of understanding comfort, and a smile.
“Duality” represents the Yin and Yang, the push and pull that somehow balance each other out. In Ancient Chinese philosophy this is a concept of how obviously opposite or contrary forces may actually be complimentary, interconnected and interdependent in the natural world. (Thank you Wikipedia).
My experience in having preemie twins is filled with duality. The hardest part of this journey was on day 3 of their life while in the hospital planning to be discharged the following day. We got a call at three am, Charlee had a Pneumothorax. A hole had blown in her left lung, the cavity between her heart and lungs was slowly filling with air. For this group of doctors and nurses, this was fairly typical, however it is dangerous for the child. They placed an air tube to help drain the air while the hole repaired itself. This was the darkest hour our time there.
It took 10 weeks for then to grow and slowly learn how to breath and eat on their own. As soon as the fear left, watching this stage of development was actually fascinating. Under ideal circumstances, these babies would still be in utero, we watched them develop into “new born” babies right before our eyes. We came into the hospital daily for cares, changing tiny diapers, feeding and some skin-on-skin time that’s referred to as kangaroo care. We would rub their little heads a lot, I could tell they loved that part of our visits. We talked and sang to them, the same way we would have if they were home with us. It was hard, but precious.
We had to find balance, for me at this stage it was basic survival mode. We rented an apartment near the hospital; I was dedicated to breastfeeding and that in itself was a full time job. The moments we were able to physically with and bond with these babies made it all ok. A friend of ours that lived in in the area set up a meal train, we had homemade meals every other day. This was important. It was all about nutrition, rest, and taking care of our babies. In flight or flight situations, it seems there is something that takes over that put us in a state of autopilot. Looking back, it was surreal. In all this there was balance, because of the love between my husband and I and the love we had for our children.
The original artwork along with professional stock and canvas wrapped prints will be available. Your purchase will help fund the hundreds of prints that will be donated to families in the NICU. Thank you for your love and support!