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02/16/2026

And, that’s a wrap for the 5th annual Valentine’s Day LEGO Drive in memory of Elyse.

My heart shattered into a million pieces the day my beautiful child’s heart stopped beating and I’ve been trying to find those pieces and glue them back together every day for almost five years since that horrible moment. Each and every year we start this drive, my heart threatens to come undone as this is now one of the only ways people know my child ever existed before cancer stole her from me, her brother, her daddy, her family, friends…the world.

But, every time we drop the Legos off at the hospital, a piece of my heart falls back into place because I know someone out there now knows that my child did exist. Someone new knows my beautiful baby’s name IS Elyse and she fought hard for her life. That, she made such an impact as to still have an incredible village who remembers her with me and wants to spread the joy of her and her life to others fighting the same fight. Truly, I thank everyone of you out there who donated. You’re doing more than just donating a toy. 🧡🧡🧡

Again, we are overwhelmed and incredibly grateful for all of the donations and support!!! We want to give everyone who helped and donated to our 5th annual Valentine’s Day Lego drive a heartfelt ‘thank you’… We just delivered 280 sets of Legos to Children’s Medical Center CCBD Child Life specialists to be distributed to those cancer warriors fighting for their lives. It makes our hearts happy to know we can bring joy to those incredibly brave warriors in memory of our beautiful baby girl. Elyse, you’re always in our hearts and minds.

Elyse, I love you so much, Baby Girl. You and your brother are my first and last thought every day and you always will be until I see you again. We hope we’re doing you proud, Sassafras 🥰❤️

We miss you more than life, Beautiful, and even that doesn’t explain it fully. 😘

Thank you, Katherine, at The Paint Puppy, for doing your raffle to raise money for this every year! Your continued support and love for Elyse and us, fills my heart with joy and love. I will always be forever thankful that Elyse experienced true friendship because of you, Izzy, Jane & Regina. You and your family are a gift to us. Thank you ❤️

02/06/2026

It’s that time of year again!!! It’s LEGO time!! Buy a raffle ticket, buy a LEGO set, buy 2 LEGO sets or donate!! Help bring a smile to a child who is fighting a battle they never should have had to fight. Give, so that maybe, for just one minute, they can forget they are a child with cancer and can just be a child.

https://tinyurl.com/FoundationLego-drive

01/30/2026

It’s that time of year!! We’re starting our 5th annual Lego drive!!! We want to have to rent a Uhaul moving truck!!! The Amazon wish list is below!!

Please help us make it a special day for the amazing cancer warriors at Children’s and SHARE if you can!!!

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2P23XTXSDCVOV?ref_=wl_share

03/28/2025

It was Little Man’s 9th birthday on Monday…the same age as Elyse was when he was born. It doesn’t matter whose birthday it is…they’re always just hard. I miss her always…but this week has been rough. She was so excited to be a big sister and loved her little brother with every part of her being. She would have been there helping me decorate and make his poster for him. Time doesn’t lessen grief. Time doesn’t heal…not a loss like this…those of us who have lost a child just adapt and adjust to what the world expects us to be. But, on special days and occasions, it’s hard to keep up the facade we’ve created for the world.

Rocke had a wonderful birthday. But, we all just missed Elyse.

I love you, Sassafras. My heart aches for you everyday.

02/14/2025

We want to give everyone who helped and donated to our 4th annual Valentine’s Day Lego drive a heartfelt ‘thank you’… We just delivered 633 sets of Legos to Children’s Medical Center CCBD Child Life specialists to be distributed to those cancer warriors fighting for their lives. It makes our hearts happy to know we can bring joy to those incredibly brave warriors in honor of our beautiful baby girl. Elyse, you’re always in our hearts and minds. We hope we’re doing you proud, Sassafras 🥰❤️

We miss you more than life, Beautiful.

02/11/2025

I hope you never…

I hope you never have to sit in a hospital and hear a diagnosis for your child.

I hope you never have to hold them down for regular exams and bloodwork,

or watch them be carried off into surgery by a stranger.

I hope you never have to fight for their right to exist,

And live in fear that they won’t.

I hope you never have to beg your child to breathe,

or even imagine what that’s like.

I hope you never know the pain of watching your child’s pain,

the exhaustion of watching their fight,

or the strength that is needed when they are weak.

I hope you never…

but if you do,

I hope you know you that you can,

and that you are capable.

I hope you never have to…

but if you do,

I hope you know that you are not alone.

Written by: Carla Moore from Payton's Path

01/29/2025

It’s that time of year!! We’re starting our 4th annual Lego drive!!! We had to rent a Uhaul van last year…this year, we want to have to rent a Uhaul moving truck!!! The Amazon wish list is below!!

Please help us make it a special day for the amazing cancer warriors at Children’s and SHARE if you can!!!

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/27NNXZR669OBK?ref_=wl_share

12/26/2024

The table was set, the candles were lit…family came, we talked, we ate, we celebrated…we did the day…

12/24/2024

It's Monday before Christmas, so it's that time of year to wax poetic 😉 and just let the words come to me. There's so much to say, but nothing at the same time.

I don't know when I'll ever be out of this stage. You are always my first and last thoughts when I open and close my eyes.

I miss your face.

How can it have been four years since our last Christmas? It's the first time we're still at home during this time since you died. Everywhere I look, I see the two- or three-year-old you, so excited for Christmas Eve. I'm seeing our Christmas preparations we did with Rocke that last Christmas you were home.

I feel like I'm going insane right now. I want to cry, scream, run... run to a beach. I want sand, sea, and wind... waves... just the sounds to drown out the thoughts.

I miss you in ways I could never have understood until now. I ache for you in the deepest recesses of my soul. You are a longing, an absence in my being, and the greatest loss I still experience every day. I'm still barely surviving this world without you, Sunshine. I know you’re the one who sends me the little slivers of light to help me. I will always need them

Hug all of the people who matter to you tightly. Nothing is guaranteed

11/09/2024

Please, please, please, if you are local, come and help us celebrate the beauty and blessing of Elyse. As before, lanterns will be provided (we have plenty) and we will gather in fellowship and love to honor our precious daughter’s life.

11/01/2024

I can’t believe another birthday is coming and you’re not here, Baby Girl. It’s a big one.

Please, please, please, if you are local, come and help us celebrate the beauty and blessing of Elyse. As before, lanterns will be provided and we will gather in fellowship and love to honor our precious daughter’s life.

10/16/2024

If I could have just one more day with you…💔

I would hardly speak. I would simply listen to your voice and commit every tone of it to memory until it became my favourite melody.

I would look at you. I would study your eyes and your mouth, and I would learn every angle, every pane of your face until I could see you perfectly with my eyes closed.

I would hold your hand in mine. I would trace all the lines on your palm until they became a trail – a map - that I could retrace on my own palm every time I felt lost.

I would soak you up and breathe you in until there was not a single thing that I could not recall at a moment’s notice.

But more than anything, if I had one more day with you,
I would hold you.

I would hold you so tight, hoping that maybe if I didn’t let you go…
You wouldn’t.

Yes, if I had just one more day with you, I would hope… I would hope so hard…
that you wouldn’t have to leave again.

By Heartfelt

My Garden of Grief

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http://www.elyseswarriorfoundation.org/

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