Episode 4: Post Surgery Treatment, “The Headdress”

07/29/20 • 17 min

Ash and Feather: A Bird/Girl and Her Father's Cancer

Touch your head, what do you feel? Long hair, short hair, baldness? Feel under your hair. Find the shape of your skull, its waves. Feel its hardness. Your skull protects you. Our bird-girl Phoenix learns about a device that will help with her dad Eagle's cancer. He wears it on his head. Phoenix helps him feel strong.... like a bird, like a plane. Like super dad!

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Episode 3: Surgery, “Waiting”

Hospitals are places with new smells, mysterious rooms, and equipment that can make us shiver. Hospitals remind us of the beginnings and ends of life. This episode explores surgery, the next step in Eagle’s treatment. Get ready for big feelings, shoulder rubs, rock painting, and warbler nests.

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Episode 5: "A New Normal"

You know how things change? When something really big happens in your life, like moving to a new state or losing a loved one? There is a time right after the change that feels awkward or scary. Lonely or different. Sometimes people call that transitioning into a new normal. We want to find rainbows in the midst of gray. Let’s look together as Phoenix transitions with her dads into their new normal, post-cancer treatment.