The Beagley's... & our fight with cancer!: HOPE

Sunday, July 31, 2011

HOPE

"There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as the expectation of something tomorrow."
- Orison Swett Marde

Raylee is now a HOPE kid and Jorja is a HOPE sibling. Please check out this amazing program on www.hopekids.org. This is an organization found in 4 states Utah, Texas, Minnesota, and Arizona.

A while ago when Raylee was feeling okay we were able to see the new Cars 2 movie with the HopeKids--when they go to movies the movie is called a HopeFlick. Recently Jorja was able to go the Planetarium and watch a video called Attack of the Space Pirates. We are very excited to be able to be part of this program. All family members are given a HopeKids tee shirt. The front has the HopeKids logo and the back says--Got Hope?

"Why HopeKids? Because it is necessary. There is a need to keep kids focused and thinking about the future and looking forward to the future. The more positive their attitude, the better their chance of recovery."
- Tom Lehman, HopeKids Honorary National Chairperson

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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.