Thank You Make A Wish 👋❤️

My family, my extended family, &  I, seemed to be snake bitten in the early 2000 years with cancer. In April 2000, my mother was diagnosed with leukemia. Mom battled but she died in March of 2001.

At the beginning of 2002 in January, my father-in-law Stu Alexander was diagnosed with melanoma. Stu died six months later in June. Also, I began enduring some health problems of my own during the beginning of 2002, rheumatoid arthritis and some mental health issues. They were difficult back then, and have proven to be more than one time episodes. 🙏

Okay, we thought those years are behind us, but in March of 2003 my youngest daughter, Lauren, 13, was diagnosed with a cancer and a tumor growth on her left hip. It was going to require radiation, surgery, and possibly chemotherapy. Lauren went to daily radiation treatments after school, driven by myself or my wife, sometimes a friend, until June, when she had plastic surgery and the tumor removed from her left hip and skin grafts performed. No chemo was required. Lauren made a fine recovery, and has been cancer-free ever since.
Mt 8:17
Christ took away our infirmities
and bore our diseases.



Lauren was granted a Make-A-Wish. Her wish was to have our basement transformed into more of a rec room, hang out room for her friends. The volunteers from Make-A-Wish were very hospitable and kind. The walls on the basement were repainted, a new carpet was put in, a big screen TV, some furniture and a popcorn machine among other items. Thank you Make a Wish Foundation,  thank you Frank. God Bless 😇😇
I'm not sure how long that basement stayed in that condition, as just a couple years after the remodel , the house was sold and we moved out. 😢😢. But, it was fun for a few years. 👋👋

Frank Shankwitz, a Founder of Make-a-Wish, Is Dead at 77
Obit:

Or
https://www.newser.com/story/302226/boys-dream-inspired-make-a-wish-founder.html


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