My nephew, Grayson, lost his battle with adrenocortical carcinoma, an extremely rare form of cancer, on Tuesday. I still struggle to find the words when I think about what my sister and her family have had to deal with since Grayson's diagnosis over a year ago. No family should have to suffer this sort of anguish.
Out of a sense of helplessness, my niece, Ariel, and I decided to each do a portrait of Grayson in the hopes that we might help Jill and Cody raise funds, and hopefully raise awareness for families dealing with childhood cancer. In addition to the stress, anguish and loss this past year has brought, it's also placed a substantial financial burden on Jill and Cody's family.
When we talked about how to approach this, Ariel and I decided on two portraits. I would do one of Grayson at the beginning of his battle with cancer. Ariel's portrait would show the reality of what childhood cancer looks like. I'm sharing both with you today.
In addition, I'm going to be offering individual portraits similar in style to my portrait of Grayson to raise funds for Jill and Cody. To get a custom portrait, just donate $75 or more via the fundraiser listed below and send me a message. Turn around time will depend on response but, if you have a hard deadline or immediate need, please list that in the message.
If you are able to donate, please know that every single kind word and donation makes a difference to Jill, Cody and their girls. Please share this post if you're able to. No one should have to worry about finances at a time like this.
Donations can be made via:
PayPal.me/jillianfarrier
Venmo @jillianfarrier
Thank you, friends. And thank you for all of the support that you've shown Grayson, Jill, Cody and their daughters over this past year.
Here is my portrait of Grayson:
And here is Ariel’s portrait of Jill and Grayson.
