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When 6-year-old Elena Desserich was diagnosed with brain cancer, she began hiding hundreds of little love notes around the house for her parents to find after she was gone. Here’s the story:
Just before her sixth birthday, Elena Desserich was diagnosed with brain cancer and given 135 days to live. She lived 255 days, passing away in 2007. After her death, Elena’s parents, Brooke and Keith, found hundreds of notes from Elena hidden around the house — in between CD cases, between bookshelves, in dresser drawers, in backpacks….
"It just felt like a little hug from her, like she was telling us she was looking over us"
Elena’s parents, Brooke and Keith Desserich, have now published these notes in a book called Notes Left Behind to fund a non-profit organization The Cure Starts Now dedicated to fighting pediatric brain cancer.
Elena left hundreds of notes like these:
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This story took the soft side in me, that despite of the child's battle for brain cancer, she expressed her love and gratitude to her parents even if she's gone. I really admired the child's act and felt bad for she left her parents too early (I know that she can be a great daughter someday).
I was sad on the story alone, but sadder because of the negative comments of people about this story, I didn't expect that kind of reaction from a sob story like this. People are too judgmental and cynical on reality but easily believed on premises.
Never mind those negative comments, I really believe in the story and barely say that those with a pure heart can only do what she did.
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I love this.
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