I want you to meet someone remarkable today. Her name is Livy. At 22 months Livy was diagnosed with Gorlin Syndrome; this is a genetic syndrome that causes the body to create cancerous and noncancerous tumors to grow. In August of 2015, Livy was diagnosed with brain tumors or medulloblastomas. She can not tolerate radiation treatments, [...]
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Day 17: Meet Vanessa
"Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world" - Desmond Tutu Okay so today I am going to get up on my soapbox a little bit for this one. Pediatric cancer is a cause that is near and dear to my [...]
Day 14: She is the perfect combination of Princess and Warrior
I am so excited to introduce you all to Elayna. She is absolutely radiant! I first came into contact with Elayna and her mom, Lucy while our family was fluttering in September for Unravel. (If you haven't heard about Unravel yet is an organization that was founded to help raise funds for pediatric cancer [...]
October lessons…2015 Style
The weather here in California is not getting with the program that it is October. It has been hot and humid with very few cool days. We need rain out here and I know there are parts of the world where things are much worse, but I wouldn't be human if I didn't complain a [...]
Cheer Day 14
One of the first nominees I received was Trista. Trista is a mom of four. She also has a set of twins and just speaking from experience twin mamas are pretty tough. Trista was nominated by Laura. Laura told me how Trista's first grader underwent massive surgery last spring and recently one of her twins was [...]