A Dragonfly Mom’s FB Post (Reprinted with permission): “The conversation with my 2 year old when I put her to bed tonight… Me: “go to bed like a good girl so we can go to Coney Island soon!” Lucy: “daddy go too?” Me: “yes” Lucy: “daddy’s boo-boo all better?!” Me: “not yet, but soon!” Lucy: “my giraffey has cancer too” …
From a Dragonfly Mom: Yesterday, I was leaving the hospital with N and I was having a lot of mixed emotions…happy that N was coming home, but also some worry of “what am I going to do”. When we got off the elevator, I saw a van with multiple Dragonfly bumper stickers and thought “I’m not alone”. Thank you Dragonfly!”
A FB post from a Dragonfly Mom: “Dragonfly flying around in the backyard. Brings tears of joy and sadness. One of our dragonflies earned his wings last night and is no longer suffering. There are many who are still fighting (our M) and there are those who won and are cancer free and then those who earned their wings. Much …
From Facebook by a Dragonfly Mom: “Flipping through today’s mail, there was several appointment reminders from cchmc. What better timing for a dragonfly to land on us?! Literally brought tears to my eyes. Thank you! — with The Dragonfly Foundation. Then another Dragonfly Mom replied to the post and said: “I framed ours- it starts conversations….”
A few hours after I left the house to go to a meeting, my daughter messaged me a picture and this text, “”Waiting for you to come home.” It immediately occurred to me: How many Dragonfly doggies and cats are waiting for their Dragonflies to come home from the hospital?? My doggie is lucky, I’ll be home after my meeting.
There is no such thing as a bad day at the Great American Ball Park, especially not when it is the last day before you enter the hospital for an extended stay and chemotherapy treatment. Thank you, Cincinnati Bell & CBTS for helping us make these kids (and their families) smile.
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 …
From Dragonfly Families: “The kids are having the time of their life! S has a non-stop smile!” “The amazing opportunities to spend time together as a family…FAMILY TIME!!! The most precious gift! Amazing, and exciting things to do together when we need it the most! Time to forget and enjoy each other!! Thank you!” “The Dragonfly Foundation came into our …
From a Dragonfly: “I talked with an old school friend today and she asked me questions about what it was like and how I got through it because she said if her child had cancer she didn’t think she could. I told her in the best way I can, it is like you have a box, a small brown box, …
One of our Dragonfly mom’s posted this on our private Facebook page for patients/families: “Hello, Good morning, I did receive a call from School Nurse of my Son, He’s having a headache, she ask Him ir he want Mom pick up him from School, He told he nop, He said to the Nurse: MY MOM IS NOT A RICH MOM …
