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Purple is the color for Leiomyosarcoma support. That is why there is a purple ribbon behind the dragon in my support stamp. I have just one purple tulip that bloomed in my garden this year and I have been watching it over the last week or so to catch it at the peak of its bloom so that I could try to photograph it. Today was the day and I actually went outside in the rain to get this.

Though I think I might have done better with the background, I didn't want to cut it to improve the composition. So unless I get something better tomorrow and replace it, this is the one.

This tulip is a special gift for a special friend. When mentioned that he has liked tulips since his childhood in France, I knew that this tulip belonged to him. He lives in Sydney, Australia now and just found out a few weeks ago that he has Leiomyosarcoma. So now we are buddies in the same boat, except his side of the boat includes active chemotherapy and learning all about LMS and what that really means, including the hard stuff that I had to face myself two years ago. I remember those early days and how much I appreciated the support of the others that came before me.

The one really great thing to have when you learn you have a rare and incurable disease is a friend that has been there too. Without the Internet, neither of us would have that. It is only because of this huge interweb of people that the few hundred or thousand people in the entire world with this disease have been able to find one another. Of the millions of other people on dA, Alex is the only other one I know of with this same rare cancer. To say he means a lot to me is an understatement.

Alex, this one is for you. LMS purple. It is sad we had to meet this way, but I am glad we have each other.

Description
Purple is the color for Leiomyosarcoma support. That is why there is a purple ribbon behind the dragon in my support stamp. I have just one purple tulip that bloomed in my garden this year and I have been watching it over the last week or so to catch it at the peak of its bloom so that I could try to photograph it. Today was the day and I actually went outside in the rain to get this.

Though I think I might have done better with the background, I didn't want to cut it to improve the composition. So unless I get something better tomorrow and replace it, this is the one.

This tulip is a special gift for a special friend. When mentioned that he has liked tulips since his childhood in France, I knew that this tulip belonged to him. He lives in Sydney, Australia now and just found out a few weeks ago that he has Leiomyosarcoma. So now we are buddies in the same boat, except his side of the boat includes active chemotherapy and learning all about LMS and what that really means, including the hard stuff that I had to face myself two years ago. I remember those early days and how much I appreciated the support of the others that came before me.

The one really great thing to have when you learn you have a rare and incurable disease is a friend that has been there too. Without the Internet, neither of us would have that. It is only because of this huge interweb of people that the few hundred or thousand people in the entire world with this disease have been able to find one another. Of the millions of other people on dA, Alex is the only other one I know of with this same rare cancer. To say he means a lot to me is an understatement.

Alex, this one is for you. LMS purple. It is sad we had to meet this way, but I am glad we have each other.