posted by Dad on Jul 4
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posted by Dad on May 14
Someone at work sent me an email about this little girl that has a brain tumor. Here is an excerpt from the web site her family has set up:
On January 7, 2008, our lives were changed forever when our 10 year old daughter Emily was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor in her left thalamus. Emily’s brain tumor, a pediatric low grade astrocytoma (PLGA) is the most common type of childhood brain tumor and yet, has historically received little, if any, dedicated funding or research. Consequently, there are few treatment options available, and those that are available are invasive, toxic and mostly ineffective.
Emily is determined to change all this and she has set her sights on raising $1 million to help fund PLGA dedicated research by December 31st, 2008. We, her family, have partnered with The Pediatric Low Grade Astrocytoma Foundation, a non-profit 501(c)(3) charity (founded in August 2007) to help raise money for dedicated PLGA research with a goal of developing kinder, gentler and more effective treatments, AND a cure, for the thousands of PLGA children around the world.
I do believe this to be true. Please visit Emily’s website, www.colorforacure.com. You can buy a pixel of color for just one dollar. Each dollar – every cent – goes to PLGA research, and each pixel is added to a picture which is gradually completed as the goal of a million dollars is approached. You can make a difference in a child’s life, and make sure you tell a friend!
posted by Dad on May 13
It's nice to see them working together for a change...
The girls put a smile on my face tonight. We went to the library and they happened to check out the same book. I went to get gas and when I got back in the car, Alex was reading out loud. After a bit, Cassie started reading out loud and Alex stopped. It turns out, they were each reading a page of the same book.
posted by Dad on Nov 22
One day while me, Lyndsey, and Sheridan were walking home from school, we came across this old, vacant house.
We walked up to the door and went inside. As soon as we got inside, Lyndsey disappeared. Then we heard a screaming sound. We went upstairs into one of the rooms, and the closet door opened.
Suddenly, we saw it. It was a big ghost with bloody fingers, and a bloody knife. My cat Aggie pounced on the ghost and bit him on the neck. The ghost fainted, and I was happy. I was dancing all around because I thought he was dead.
I poked him once. I poked him again and he grabbed me. He almost stabbed me with the knife, but my eyes turned green. I was morphing into a Norwegian Forest Cat. I felt the cat instincts controlling me.
Suddenly, I struck.I hissed at the ghost, bit it, gave it scars, and killed it. I transformed back to normal and we ran to get Lyndsey. When we found her, she had two bite marks on her neck and a scar across her face.
It was terrible. I poured water on her, and she woke up. Me and Sheridan were so happy she was alive. She is one of our best friends,and we would have risked our very lives for her.
