The Beagley's... & our fight with cancer!: Jorja Receives a Trophy for Courage

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Jorja Receives a Trophy for Courage

Raylee received a trophy from SuperSibs today in the mail. It is an actual trophy. On the plauge it says Jorja's name and says "For your Strength, Courage & Love YOU are a SuperSib!" It came with a note thata said:

"Dear SuperSib, In our eyes, YOU are a SUPERSTAR. And for that, you deserve special recognition! in fact, this trophy was made with YOU in mind. We hope it will always be a symbol of strength for YOU-and a reminder of how wonderful you are. With love, SuperSibs"

Jorja is an amazing kid...she is an inspiration of courage. This trophy made Jorja's day. She was beaming when she opened the box it came in. She had dealt with a lot lately and the trophy came on a day she really needed! She had a bad day at school and this morning we had news that our Great Grandma Fuller had passed away last night. She was Jorja's Great-Great Grandma and she was 99-years-old. She lived a full life and was born 2 days after the Titanic sank. Jorja was really sad about this, she thought Grandma Fuller was very interesting.

A note came with the trophy and asked us to send a picture of Jorja holding the trophy to SuperSibs!

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Neuroblastoma

Neuroblastoma is cancer of the sympathetic nervous system--a network of nerves that carries messages from the brain to all parts of the body. Primary neuroblastoma is a solid, malignant tumor that usually first appears as a mass in the abdomen (most often in the adrenal gland) or near the spine.

About 650 children are diagnosed with neuroblastoma each year in the United States. Two-thirds of children diagnosed with neuroblastom are 5 years old or younger.

(Educating The Child With Cancer: A Guide for Parents and Teachers, Second Edition, 2011, Edited by Ruth I Hoffman, MPH, page 5)

The Native American Legend of the Butterfly

As a gift to His human children, the Great Spirit created butterflies. He took black from the maiden's hair, yellow from the warm sun, and blues from the lake and sky. Once he gathered the most beautiful of colors, He made them into butterflies.

If you want a special wish to come true, whispher your heart's desire to a butterfly. Since butterflies make no sound, they cannot tell the wish to anyone but Him. Being so colorful, the butterflies will easily be seen as they fly to heaven. The wish will be taken by the wings of love to heaven to be granted.