Brand Describes Hospital Encounter with Butterfly Skin Twins as Spiritual Blessing

What was said

"These two Spanish-speaking and brilliant twins in remote-controlled wheelchairs. This condition of butterfly skin, someone later remarked, perhaps is like a modern-day equivalent of leprosy. The girl in particular was so bright and expressive and forthcoming."

During his son's hospital stay for a sleep study, Brand encountered twin children suffering from severe eczema that destroys extremities, comparing the condition to biblical leprosy. He framed the meeting as exposing the limitations of worldly fairness and as an invitation to recognize spiritual reality beyond material circumstances, emphasizing the children's brightness despite visible suffering.