After 17 difficult days in the cardiac unit of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, our first son finally came home. We also battled for our second son’s life for 23 days in Denver where he was treated at Swedish Hospital and Children’s Hospital. And our third son spent two days in the Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital.

Although all three of our sons experienced traumatic births, each one enjoys health today. But I know the tears and pain of the mothers, pacing the hospital halls because with each son’s birth, I, too, had to walk through the path of suffering.

My painting entitled, Companions, joins the public collection at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.