Fighting With Them

09/02/2022

Childhood Cancer Awareness Month is September. We still have shirts and hoodies to help support these families. Care packages are going out on a regular basis unfortunately. It may not seem like much but you wouldn’t believe how it changes a day, a week, or even a month for these kids who are fighting for their tomorrow. Their future is in our hands let’s help them make it is a good one. They deserve better!🎗🧡

Proceeds will go to provide care packages to kids in treatment. . My son Derrick passed from Leukemia three years ago. Before he passed he wanted to raise money to give...

03/31/2022

This is one of my favorites. He was hanging heavy on me the other day. This one jumped out at me and I said to myself "yes that's how I want to feel." So far that's how I've been feeling. He always had a way of putting everyone in a good mood and putting a smile on your face. Even at his age. He was an old soul wise beyond his years. 💕

02/04/2022

Grief is the worst emotion. You never know what will pop up. Today was a mixed day it was good with so many good signs and then it turned and was so very heavy. I have learned to flow with it. So when I turned down the street and saw the sunset I knew I had to capture this moment in time. It felt so beautiful and I felt so grateful to be there at that moment. I’ve learned you only get so many moments in your life so you need to make them count and you need to be grateful for every single one you get. We watched the sun set together today! 💕💫

09/05/2021

Just ordered mine!! I so don’t care how many I need to order from myself. I want to promote this everyday of the rest of my life. My son didn’t get to live his so I’m making sure I do it for him. At the same time making people aware of the holes in our system. So many still don’t know the facts about Childhood Cancer. Even if you don’t help please find out the facts and help in any way you can. Our children deserve it. can turn into another child’s future! September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month!

Proceeds will go to provide care packages to kids in treatment. . My son Derrick passed from Leukemia three years ago. Before he passed he wanted to raise money to give...

08/28/2021

Launched a new one for Childhood Cancer Awareness month. We need to remember that our Kids are our future. All proceeds will go to providing care packages to kids in treatment. It won’t make it go away but it will help them forget about it for a while. That to me means the world. I remember how care packages would make Derrick feel. I want to bring that same feeling to as many kids as I can.

Proceeds will go to provide care packages to kids in treatment. . My son Derrick passed from Leukemia three years ago. Before he passed he wanted to raise money to give...

08/08/2021

Oh man! I sure do miss him!! I saw a boy and his mom in the store the other day and he reminded me so much of Derrick I got stuck for a minute just listening to him talk to her. I though about how I just miss his voice and the curiosity that came with it. No day is easy but knowing that everyday I’m keeping my promises is what gets me to the next day.

12/11/2020

Missing him pretty bad right now! This time of year is hard. There is no easy way to move through this time of year without wishing it was different and being so angry that it’s not. It just sucks and there are no words for it and no way to really describe to anyone how I feel. The only thing that helps is knowing he is no longer in pain and will never have to worry about Cancer again!

09/02/2020

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness month. One month is not enough, this needs to be every month every day. We need to do more and we need to think about it more than we do. I know it’s hard to think about. I know it’s hard to look at. I know it’s even harder to wrap your head around what these kids and families go through, but it needs to happen. We cannot prevent it if we never think about it. I know all the truths about childhood cancer first hand. My family struggles with it everyday. If you want to know just ask and I will tell you our story. A little over 2 years ago we lost our Derrick to this monster and this is a path no one wants this is a life not many can handle. He was 10 and had so much more life to live. This I the very real unfair truth about it.

05/16/2020

Today marks 2 years that we have gone without this beautiful soul! 730 days....we are all changed forever by his loss. I believe that we live harder, love better, and are kinder because of it. He left us with so many memories and a life to live for him. Everyday we get to that is a blessing. I was blessed to be chosen to be his MA.

02/29/2020

Got stuck for a very long minute. I saw these and I took me a few just to walk away. I kept turning around and going back and saying Derrick would love these. For some reason I just couldn’t let it go. I haven’t had a moment like that in awhile. I finally stopped trying to force something I couldn’t do and just took it in. I remembered all the great times and all the memories I have of him in his shark swim trunks. How happy he always was and how wonderful it was to get to share life with him and how much I have learned from him since. I handle these moments better each time but it still brings a pain I don’t want. Even though it brings that pain I embrace it because I need to feel it I want to feel it. I had so much left to give him that I feel the only way to do that now is to embrace those feelings and feel my love with the pain of him not being here. It’s not easy. I just want to hug him, mess up his hair and encourage him to be himself in all it’s glory. Because I would get to see him run off with his crooked smile and some Smart ass comment. It’s amazing what the mind can run you through in moments like this. So many happy times came to me in the 5 minutes I was struggling to walk away and when I stopped trying was when I felt at peace with it all. Right there in the middle of the grocery store all the emotions of grief washed over me and I took it all in and embraced it. I embraced the journey we have been on since Cancer walked in our lives. I have embraced the grace and strength in which my girls have shown everyday since, I’ve embraced my own strength, Grace, and courage to move forward each day with a positive outlook. I never could have imagined this but we are here and we are making it through each and everyday stronger better versions of ourselves. Everyday we fight because of him!!💕🎗🧡