This is an assignment for  a class I am taking in graduate school.  NO it is not an art class or a sewing class it is a course in nursing. We were assigned to do an aesthetic project based on a caring situation in our nursing practice.  This is based on a patient I had many years ago who was told she could never be a nurse because of her injuries. I spoke to her at length about not accepting that diagnosis and to create her own future.  Other nurses followed suit and a few years later, I was the speaker at her nursing pinning ceremony quite serendipitously!  She became a critical care nurse and her injuries were not an issue.  The piece is called Hope Rising and is based on the Emily Dickinson poem,  Hope is the Thing with Feathers.