Omaha cancer treatment center gets colorful makeover

Life Coach says the view was all wrong: 'The windows were overlooking a graveyard'

Life Coach says the view was all wrong: 'The windows were overlooking a graveyard'

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Life Coach says the view was all wrong: 'The windows were overlooking a graveyard'

In her studio located in Omaha's Old Market, Jenna Lambrecht pieces together art to change the way others see the world.

"We can take you to a space that's peaceful and friendly," said Lambrecht. She leans on handiwork first honed in childhood.

"I grew up putting puzzles together with my grandmother because puzzles really didn't have any rules," she said. And she can say the same about her stained-glass artwork that livens churches, homes, and businesses all over the country. She's a second-generation stained-glass artist.

"The interaction of color and light can evoke a lot of different moods and stained-glass has changed the atmosphere in a room for centuries," Lambrecht said.

Last year, Omaha Life Coach Tony Taylor discovered a room that needed inspiration.

"I had never been in a chemo lounge before. I didn't know what to expect," said Taylor. A year ago, his mother was undergoing chemotherapy treatments at CHI Bergan Mercy Medical Center in Omaha.

He said the chemotherapy lounge surprised him.

"It was a long hallway with chairs in circles and a great wall of windows. And then I looked outside, and the windows were overlooking a graveyard. And as a mindset coach, people who are healing to see that-- I just knew I had to take some action," said Taylor.

Tony put out a call for help among friends and through social media and he connected with the CHI Health Foundation. Then he asked Lambrecht to put her artistic skills to work, creating stained-glass windows for the room.

Lambrecht uses hand blown glass from Germany to create an inspired view.

"It's got a lot of fun energy because the colors are really bright," she said.

One stained-glass panel features a colorful, abstract tree, with leaves blowing in the wind.

Three windows are already complete, and Taylor said he’d like to do enough fundraising to cover the entire wall of windows.

Lambrecht and Taylor said the color and light of the project will create a calming, peaceful, ever-changing view, which will provide a distraction from cancer.

"We can take your mind of the day, month, or year you had," said Lambrecht.

It's what Taylor had in mind as his mom, survived her bout with cancer.

"She feels like she's a part of something in helping other people's healing journey," said Taylor. And he said his mother also donated toward the cause, which warmed his heart. Each window panel costs $11,000.

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