When Hospice of the Western Reserve asked my son, Zach, and his wife, Alyssa, to help a young girl who wanted to learn to cook they jumped at the chance. Zach and Alyssa are both professional chefs in Cleveland, Ohio and love sharing their passion for food.
The experience was recorded by a local photographer named Eric Hanson who allowed Zach to send me hundreds of photographs and over an hour of video footage. From this I edited a 4-minute video attempting to tell the story.
After spending several days going through the images and video I was filled with admiration for the courage and optimistic spirit of Kayla, she is, as Alyssa says in the video, "such a sweet girl." I also found myself feeling quite proud of Zach and Alyssa for using their talents to spread kindness in the world.