Melania, 48, visited young patients at the Children’s Inn at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, on Thursday for Valentine’s Day.
A 13-year-old from Mombasa, Kenya, was responsible for showing her how to turn a wooden clothespin into a colorful clip.
‘This is a big project,’ Melania said during the tutorial.
Amani has sickle cell disease and is preparing for a bone marrow transplant with marrow donated by his eight-year-old sister Amana.
The first lady told Amani that she will pray for him, and he presented her with a red heart-shaped box that held a circular silver necklace with words ‘hope’ and ‘faith’ inscribed on a silver circle.
The little boy showed Melania his own bracelet, which matched her necklace, and she accepted the gift with an outstretched hand.
The CEO of Children’s Inn, Jennie Lucca, also gave Amani a bouquet of white roses to present to FLOTUS.
Melania exchanged Valentine’s Day cards with the children and joined in various arts and crafts projects with the young patients.
Melania Trump was feeling the Valentine’s Day spirit on Thursday as she exchanged cards with sick children in celebration of the holiday.
For the second year in a row, the 48-year-old first lady spent February 14 at the Children’s Inn at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, where she joined in various arts and crafts projects with the young patients.
Amani, showed the first lady how to turn a wooden clothespin into a colorful clip.
Amani presented her with a red heart-shaped box that held a silver necklace with the words ‘hope’ and ‘faith’ inscribed on a silver circle.
The little boy showed Melania his own bracelet, which matched her necklace, and she accepted the gift with an outstretched hand.
