i ♥ faces - week 8 - "Hands On" Fun

This week's challenge has to do with hands and is one of the few weeks that we can go without faces in our photos.

I had one hand photo that I have to share because it has a very touching story behind it.  A number of ladies on a photography board that I frequent wanted to do something special for Anissa Mayhew.  Anissa is a mom that suffered a fairly catastrophic stroke (two actually) and has a very long road to recovery.  Her amazing husband has been asking for help and the ladies of the photography board thought that we'd give her a hand - literally!

52 women joined in and took pictures of hands with words of encouragement on them.  This pic is my hand - self shot.

You can see the whole montage here if you like: http://davidandtracie.com/2010/01/04/the-give-anissa-a-hand-project/

You can also read more about Anissa and her family at  http://www.hope4peyton.org/

See the other hand photos at  i ♥ faces (you may even see more Anissa hands!)