Her beloved grandmother has cancer: a 3-year-old girl helps her with great courage

Scout Larson, three, has a great role model: her grandmother! The photographic project that sees Scout protagonist together with some of the most famous women in history, was born when the little girl's grandmother, her Nonnie, was diagnosed with breast cancer. Scout's grandmother was trying to keep her mind busy in a really terrible moment, so she dedicated herself to her granddaughter with the aim of teaching her the meaning of the word courage through the stories of women who have made this value a principle of life. she, who has dealt with breast cancer forcefully and proved to everyone ... by running!

Scout's mother, Ashley Larson, then decided to take pictures of her daughter dressed as her grandmother, "her heroine", in a series of truly touching photographs. In the first photo of the series, Scout wears a shirt that says, "Nonnie is cancer free, let's party!", While her grandmother wears a matching shirt that says, "I'm cancer free!".

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When Nonnie's hair started falling out, the sweet Scout started to get scared and realize that something terrible was happening, so Nonnie came up with an "idea to put both of them at ease: to teach her granddaughter, and thus to remember. to herself, that women are fighters! They have chosen famous and courageous women to take an example from.

Nonnie was diagnosed with breast cancer in April 2016 and had 6 intensive chemotherapy cycles to undergo between June and September of that year. After he finally regained some strength, there was another obstacle in his way, a second mastectomy.
But the journey with her granddaughter gave her strength and reminded her too that courage must be found in oneself, as many of these women portrayed have done.

Today Scout has over 50,000 followers on Instagram. Her mother helped her to dress like a series of famous women from Meryl Streep to Malala Yousafzai and kept a book of photos for the child and grandmother, so that, even as she grows up, her daughter can always carry the memory with her. not only about "her fighting heroine" but also what each of us should remember: that every woman is strong and full of beauty, courage, passion and love for life