The Beagley's... & our fight with cancer!: Easter Egg Hunt

Saturday, March 31, 2012

Easter Egg Hunt

Jorja and Raylee were invited to an Easter Egg Hunt hosted by Make-A-Wish today. We arrived with Easter baskets in arms to a sight of 1,000s of Easter eggs spread across the lawn of Wheeler Farm, I would estimate about 3-5 acres of lawn. From a distance it looked as if it hailed brightly colored eggs that morning as the lawn was spotted with blues, pinks, yellows, and bright greens. Munchin Radio played music, children played games, some parents were interviewed by Channel 2, and others huddled up to stay warm, however, everyone anxiously waited for the hunt to begin. Starbucks was there with bagels, hot chocolate and coffee. (This company seems to sponsor a lot of activities for Make-A-Wish and HopeKids--I am not a consumer of Starbucks since I don't drink coffee, but I am a huge supporter of their drive for community service and taking the time to make a difference!)

I did not take a picture of the spread of bright Easter Eggs on the lawn, not sure why I missed that picture :( I did get a picture of the girls with the Easter Bunny. Funny I called him E.B. from the movie Hop and Jorja said, "Mom, it's Easter Bunny not E.B." and I had to tell her E.B. stands for Easter Bunny! She was embarrassed. The Egg Hunt only took a few minutes before all the 1,000s of eggs were swept off the lawn by children from very young ages to even youth ages. All the eggs had candy in them. They said several boy scout troops prepared and scattered eggs. Posted in the pictures is a picture of the girls and E.B.

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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.