I stand in awe....

I stand in awe of a girl named Chelsea. Young and beautiful and going through cancer. At 22 years old she had her abdominal lining removed (you know the part that holds all of your organs in place....) and a mesh insert put back in, to hold/support her internal organs. She is going through her cemo right now. You would think that she would stay home and sleep and cry and do all of the things that I think I would "choose" as my coping mechanism.... However, she doesn't do that... instead she comes to school every day and stands in front of her 5th grade students and teaches. She is a student teacher. She is bound and determined to graduate from college in May. She has even used her cancer and explaining to her students about her condition to teach her 5th grade class about inferencing... She is AMAZING! I stand in awe of her beauty, her courage, her determination, her strength, her perseverance, her sense of humor, her heart, her dedication. I am making her a knitted hat. It will look like this (only black):

http://www.headhuggers.org/patterns/kpatt18.htm

I hope that it fits her comfortably and is super soft on her skin! It should be soft because, it is made of  blackRowan RYC Cashcotton DK  a luxurious mix of 35% cotton, 25% polymide (nylon), 18% angora, 13% viscose (rayon) and 9% cashmere.

(from www.yarndex.com)

I may have to make myself something out of this amazingly soft yarn!