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 …
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 …
Facebook post (reprinted with permission) from a Dragonfly mom: “So, kyli wanted to go to the mall today to buy herself some running shoes. As we’re walking around, the mall is nearly deserted at 1:30 in the afternoon. Of the few people we saw, nearly all of them gave us a half-smile and looked away when we made eye contact …
Jonah created this personal narrative poem about his cancer experience. His mom sent this to “everyone who touched Jonah in some way through out his journey so far.” The Dragonfly Foundation brings comfort and joy to kids and young adults enduring cancer and bone marrow transplants. In addition to our 12 programs, we fund the Beads of Courage(tm) program for …
Reprinted from a letter we received from a 7th grader at Nagle Middle School in Cincinnati, OH. (We immediately called the principal and the teacher — wish we could have called his parents, too — to thank them for giving the student the environment that helped him create such a letter.) Dear Christine and Ria, I am a seventh grader …
From Ria/Christine: Besides our normal projects, in the last two weeks, we have helped a family with no insurance get crutches (yes, crutches), helped a now single mom get a job that doubled her salary and hours, helped a newly relocated family get a mortgage (huge thanks to Donna Thorman at Peoples First Savings Bank for going to the hospital …
From a Dragonfly Mom: “E has had a hard week with her chemo. This morning she woke up more nauseated than normal, shaky and feeling like jelly. Her little legs could not support her body this morning. She stayed home and slept all day. Tuesday, she noticed her hair was falling out at school, but held on to the hope …
Summary: A thank you note to CBTS/Dragonfly/Reds for the day at the Great American Ball Park (The author of the note, a Dragonfly mom, also describes what it is like to have a child with cancer.) Family forgoes Christmas gifts and instead makes donation to The Dragonfly Foundation A patient says that “You Are The Best Medicine” It’s amazing what …
From the uncle of a Dragonfly: “When I saw a dragonfly in the past, it was just a pesky insect I’d see flying around a swimming pool. Now when I see a dragonfly, I feel a tug on my heart. When my sister first signed M up for the Dragonfly Foundation, I never realized what it would do for my …
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