“Dragonfly Family, I have been meaning to write this note for some time…. In the beginning of the summer I was doing a lot of reflection on our summer last year. How hard it was to take E to the pool and watch her look so sick and deal with all the stares and whispers from people around us. In …
“What started out as a blue bag…”
“It amazes me how often I notice dragonflies now,” said one of our Dragonfly wrote to us recently. “An overwhelming sense of love and peace always follows the sightings. My daughter knows she is a dragonfly too, when she sees them she tells me ‘it’s a dragonfly like me mommy.’ Who knew what started out as a blue bag to …
Fashion For The Cure Is All In For Dragonfly
From: Hannah Moskowitz, Committee Chair, Sycamore High School’s Fashion For The Cure Fundraiser (FFTC) #FFTC What is FFTC? Fashion for the Cure (FFTC) is a Sycamore High School student-run committee that works to raise money and awareness for a chosen charity with monthly fundraisers at local business and a spring fashion show. The students are proud to announce that The …
Cancer Kids Are Not Monsters
From a Dragonfly Mom (reprinted with permission): “Have just had my heart ripped out of my chest and torn into sheds when a group of children just treated my cancer child like a monster and ran away from him up the stairs leaving him all alone in the playroom and when my son came to me crying for a friend …
“We still love you, but we won’t take it anymore…”
One of our Dragonfly mom’s posted a note online that echoed the hurt, the frustration and sense of isolation that many of our families experience when their young patient goes through treatment. With her permission, we are posting it here in the hope that it may provide insight for friends, family and others that know a family affected by a …
Love this Review of The Landing!
From a Dragonfly Dad: “Wow! Just visited Dragonfly’s headquarters for the first time. You talk about an awesome place for the dragonflies to go and escape for a while. Felt so welcomed!!!! What a great thing you are doing…!” For more information about The Landing, click here.
Stories & Quotes To Share
From A Dragonfly Mom Who Moved With Her Family From South Africa To Los Angeles (For 3 Years) And Then To Cincinnati To Get Treatment For Her Son: “I want to thank you so much for adding our family to the Dragonfly Foundation. We feel so blessed to be a part of this amazing Organization. We were living in Los …