I will talk from my
heart. That’s the best I can do at this moment. The right sentences, the right words do not come easy anyway. I feel hopeful. I
feel helpless. I feel love. I feel sadness. I feel confusion. But above
all, I really really really want to do something to help Camden and his family. I am writing to
you all now, beautiful community of my
little school, in the hope that together we can make a difference to the lives
of Anneliese, Camden and little Zoli. You see, five years ago, when the idea of starting my school was born, I envisioned a place where people could come because they felt good in the school, a place where people matter to each other and a place where people can bloom to their fullest creative potentials. You all came to my little school from different corners of the world and I think that for many of you, it was more than just art lessons here. For some of you it was a place to make friends, for others it was a place to discover what you wanted in your life and make brave choices, and for some of you ASIB even turned out to be your "Hungarian family". Together, you have created a small vibrant creative arty hub in Budapest.
In spring 2013, at one of their usual Wednesday lessons, Anneliese and Camden
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| Sping 2013: Camdon and Anneliese at one of their Wednesday lessons |
However, this spring an email arrived in my inbox. Camden was ill, Annelies
wrote. Camden, the strong, sporty guy who lived on a boat in Hawai, who surfed,
who dances salsa fantastically, the guy who had been a sucessful marketing
manager and the kind, quiet guy who created amazing drawings in my lessons, had
been diagnosed with leukemia. His son, Zoli, our little surfer, was just
turning two. This is where the search for a bone marrow donor started and
this is where my words ended.
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| Camden working on his very first painting, spring 2013 |
I should be saying something wise here, as I need to finish this newsletter
somehow, but my head is empty. The only sentence that comes from deep within me
is: "Camden, we love you! Camden, we care. Camden we are with you in
this" I wish I could be there this September when he will receive a
bone marrow transplant from his sister. I want to give him a BIG hug, to give Anneliese a BIG hug, to hold again little Zoli
in my arms. The hug would tell them more than any words of mine can. But, I am
in Hungary and they are in the States. I write this newsletter instead of that
hug.
Perhaps you might like to join me and say in your heart: "Camdon, we love you!" Perhaps, like me, you want to do something. You might like to pray, meditate, send positive thoughts, walk a labirint, send a postcard, send an email, send a donation to the crowd funding initiative or perhals you might have another idea. Just do what your heart tells you. Because today, every little counts.
Camden we love you!
(A friend of Camden and Anneleise
started crowd
founding. You can find more information at:
This crowd funding is not about money- it is about
hope)
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