We ran, for a little while, a non-profit in our daughter’s memory. She died at four, and had really enjoyed dance classes. There was something so strongly affirming about using the body to dance that seemed like a big “fuck you” to cancer. And we had money, and paid for dance lessons for individuals and at our local public school.
We aren’t really non-profit managing people as it turned out -- shit at asking for money, and too disorganized for the mechanics of it -- so when we spent all the money we had raised, we stopped. But it was a fine thing to do, to scrape back a little space from that fucker cancer, and make a little room for movement and feeling and beauty.
Much love and support for your work with Onco-Ballet, Anna, it seems like a fine and important thing. Thank you, Martha, for your interview.
Oh Jeremy, I’m so sorry to learn about your daughter. Cancer is terrible and unfair all around but when it comes for children my heart just screams. I’m glad to know you were able to bring a little beauty into the world in her memory. Thanks for sharing this.
Oh, Martha, thank you again.
We ran, for a little while, a non-profit in our daughter’s memory. She died at four, and had really enjoyed dance classes. There was something so strongly affirming about using the body to dance that seemed like a big “fuck you” to cancer. And we had money, and paid for dance lessons for individuals and at our local public school.
We aren’t really non-profit managing people as it turned out -- shit at asking for money, and too disorganized for the mechanics of it -- so when we spent all the money we had raised, we stopped. But it was a fine thing to do, to scrape back a little space from that fucker cancer, and make a little room for movement and feeling and beauty.
Much love and support for your work with Onco-Ballet, Anna, it seems like a fine and important thing. Thank you, Martha, for your interview.
Oh Jeremy, I’m so sorry to learn about your daughter. Cancer is terrible and unfair all around but when it comes for children my heart just screams. I’m glad to know you were able to bring a little beauty into the world in her memory. Thanks for sharing this.