As I heard the bells ringing, my heart raced and I wanted to feel the joy of the holiday, but the pain under my collarbone and the oppressive weakness in my whole body prevented me from doing so This is how each story of a child with cancer begins, spending Easter holiday within the walls of the hospital, because RAC has no holidays, no days…
These pictures were painted by Lera Keptar. Imagine, a girl who defeated a monster, retained in her soul a reverent love for beauty.
Lera defeated Hodgkin's Lymphoma by herself. Her parents were replaced by her older brother, and now she dreams of becoming an artist. She has given her pictures to our charity store and she wants very much that they may help children, whose lives, as once in hers, were invaded by the terrible word cancer.