Pictures with Mrs. Carrie

Mrs. Carrie is a friend of ours from church who was diagnosed with breast cancer back in the fall. She has a very special relationship with several kids in our church.  These children (and their families) have been praying for Carrie for months now and this prayer request sheet from church one Sunday is such a treasure to me.

Carrie is so grateful for these sweet souls and happened to mention to me one day that she feared that her bald head would be "scary" or intimidating to these little ones.  She mentioned wanting them to all have matching beanies with her to perhaps help lessen the shock of this major appearance change for her.

I happen to have a really talented friend who has started crocheting beautiful creations and she agreed to make 10 different matching hats for this special operation.  The wonderful result was captured below at a special lunch after church a few weeks ago.  The two older girls on the ends are Carrie's daughters, but the rest of the kids represent 4 families who pray for Carrie and are fortunate enough to call her friend.

Another friend from church who takes pictures as a side business came with his whole setup to take the pictures for us and offered to snap a few extra pictures of families while we waited on lunch.

I love that Carrie had this idea and that I had a friend who could make this reality!  We love you Mrs. Carrie!