Evie Lennon turned to art for solace after losing most of her family. She spent her professional life teaching others todraw comfort, '' both as ahospital chaplain in the emergency room and as an art teacher in inner city classrooms. Lennon's second calling began when a debilitating disease forced her to retire. Becoming seriously ill on the heels of adopting her paraplegic daughter, Alma Mater thrust Lennon into a field trip of the traumatizing cultural response to chronic conditions.Her approach delivers overdue support, restoring the spirit and dignity of chronically heroic people through the redemptive power of creativity.