The Beagley's... & our fight with cancer!: Trip to Bear Lake

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Trip to Bear Lake

This weekend we were privileged enough to be sent away to Bear Lake for the weekend. We stayed in a little cabin not far from the lake. It was unbelievable how beautiful it was there. The way the orange and yellow leaves contrasted with the turquoise water was remarkable. I decided I wanted to move there! :) If I can convince Jorja tha the Bear Lake Monster is not real she just may agree to move.

We had a wonderful time thanks to HopeKids and eTrade who made this weekend possible. To see the excitement on the girl's faces when they saw the cabin and the log bunkbed they were going to sleep in was priceless. They had so much fun. This was the first time in a really long time that our family had nothing else to do but play, relax, and have no worries!

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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.