Tuesday, April 12th am

This morning I had an email from a family member asking me to add a 10 year old dancer with foot and lung cancer to my prayers and could I send a healing bracelet to her.  We are ready to pass this forward as well as a specially painted scarf that I have just finished so she will be able to dance from her bed during recovery, (I included this idea incase other people wanted to know what they could send to help with healing).  To go with the parcel I wanted to add the story of the healing bracelet, so between Melody and I we have prepared a story that I am sure will grow with the more tellings it has. I am attaching the story for anyone who wishes to pass the idea of the healing bracelet forward.  Instructions for how to make the bracelets are on Google.  We kept ours to 3 colors and very simple designing to keep it simple for kids to make on their own. 

Healing Bracelets share Light, Love and Friendship across the Miles

The story behind the “Healthy Melody” and “Healthy Michellie” Bracelets started in 2002,  just before the Lance Armstrong “Livestrong” bracelets, etc. became popular.  Melody Williamson MacAuley had just been diagnosed with Stage 4 Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma.  Her good friend, Geralynne Mitschke and her daughters came up with the idea of making a friendship bracelet that anyone could wear in support of Melody’s cancer journey.  The bracelet was made from colours in both Melody’s family tartan and her husband’s family tartan.  In this way, it also acknowledged and drew from Ancestral Energy.  The idea was that every time you looked at the bracelet, you thought of that person and sent them positive energy.  Also, if others asked about the bracelet, then you could share the story and they would think of that person – and the energy would grow.  It also helped Melody by letting her know how many people were thinking of her and her family.  The idea was to wear the bracelet until the last cancer cell was gone.  Melody ended up collecting some of the bracelets worn for her and had them mounted and framed in a circular frame to represent the circle of love, family, and friends. 

When Michellie Greenwell was diagnosed with Stage 2 Hodgkins Lymphoma in 2010, Melody’s family thought of the bracelet as something that could help everyone to not only send positive energy to Michellie, but also to help everyone feel connected despite the fact that everyone lived from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia to British Columbia, with a lot of friends in Michellie’s birthplace of Cochrane, Alberta.  Michellie had just moved to Cape Breton.  The colours in Michellie’s bracelet represents the colours of the Hamilton clan, the Dress MacKenzie Tartan which Michellie always performed in, and the Nova Scotia tartan.  This thought also led to Melody’s daughter, Morgan, and a group of friends to create a band and rehearse a song called “Home” in dedication to Michellie.  They have performed this song for several events as a reminder to Michellie and others that they are  at “home” wherever they are because of the love of family and friends. 

So if you choose to wear a bracelet, Welcome Home.  And, may your circle of friends and family provide you with light, love and healing energy to help you cope with your challenges and to find the strength to overcome them and live the life you have dreamed of.