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I've got this idea and I'm wanting some opinions before I do anything with it. I'll go into a back story first as the idea won't make much sense without it.
Last week, a friend of mine passed away after a 5 year battle with cancer. He was 8 years old and it literally tore my heart into a million pieces.
I first came to know him and his family at the place I used to work. It was a kids fun and fitness center. I bonded with his family and him. They booked his 5th birthday party there and requested that I be the hostess of said party.
The day of his party, his mom was showing me pictures of their recent trip to Florida where he got his make a wish-to go to Disney and then to meet Spider-Man. He was so excited and I was just as excited for him. Shortly after that, he went into remission for a little bit.
Whenever they would come in, I'd play with him and his little brother. His mom told me that the cancer was back and that he was fighting it as hard as he could but he had been given another wish: meeting Daniel Bryan. This was the biggest deal ever to Connor.
Cut to a few weeks ago and wrestlemania. While watching it with my husband, I noticed Connor in the front row. Instantly began crying and the cry became a full on sob when Daniel Bryan won because Connor got to see his hero win in person.
Last week his mom posted on Facebook saying that doctors said there was nothing more that they could do and he had been placed on hospice. The next day, she posted he had passed away. My heart was broken for her, his father and his little brother (and the little brother he never got to meet as his mom is pregnant).
This is what I'm thinking about doing: I make charms and earrings as a hobby. I want to make a charm of a shooting star in honor of him and I'm thinking charge $5 I'd like to donate a dollar or two from the sale of each charm to make a wish and then $2 to the Children's hospital in Pittsburgh's cancer wing in his honor. Is that a dumb idea? I can't do much but I want to help some way because make a wish did SO much to help Connor and his family pack a lot of amazing memories into such a short few years.
Last week, a friend of mine passed away after a 5 year battle with cancer. He was 8 years old and it literally tore my heart into a million pieces.
I first came to know him and his family at the place I used to work. It was a kids fun and fitness center. I bonded with his family and him. They booked his 5th birthday party there and requested that I be the hostess of said party.
The day of his party, his mom was showing me pictures of their recent trip to Florida where he got his make a wish-to go to Disney and then to meet Spider-Man. He was so excited and I was just as excited for him. Shortly after that, he went into remission for a little bit.
Whenever they would come in, I'd play with him and his little brother. His mom told me that the cancer was back and that he was fighting it as hard as he could but he had been given another wish: meeting Daniel Bryan. This was the biggest deal ever to Connor.
Cut to a few weeks ago and wrestlemania. While watching it with my husband, I noticed Connor in the front row. Instantly began crying and the cry became a full on sob when Daniel Bryan won because Connor got to see his hero win in person.
Last week his mom posted on Facebook saying that doctors said there was nothing more that they could do and he had been placed on hospice. The next day, she posted he had passed away. My heart was broken for her, his father and his little brother (and the little brother he never got to meet as his mom is pregnant).
This is what I'm thinking about doing: I make charms and earrings as a hobby. I want to make a charm of a shooting star in honor of him and I'm thinking charge $5 I'd like to donate a dollar or two from the sale of each charm to make a wish and then $2 to the Children's hospital in Pittsburgh's cancer wing in his honor. Is that a dumb idea? I can't do much but I want to help some way because make a wish did SO much to help Connor and his family pack a lot of amazing memories into such a short few years.