Little Gal, a 9-year-old child with leukemia said to me, “When I am sailing with my brother and my mom, I forget I even have cancer.”
One of our young sailors suffered from cancer of the jaw. She was behind the wheel of the boat and smiling. Her father said to me, “My daughter has never smiled in months. I thought it was the cancer. Now I know it was because she was so unhappy. Today, she is happy.”
At one of our big beach picnics for the children, one adorable boy was munching down hamburgers as quickly as he could. The other children were ready to get back on the boat. I said to them that we would stay as long as our happy friend was eating away. His dad was always so worried because his son was not eating anymore. He said, “I am watching him eat and he is happy and now I know he will live.”
Grace, age 15, said the happiest part of her day was “watching Ivy, age 6 and a tough leukemia survivor, have a happy day … she doesn’t have many happy days.”
“When we are with Nancy’s Club, gratitude takes a front seat and human connection is the only thing that absolutely matters. I love Nancy’s Club. The Club has saved Ivy’s spirit and probably her life” … Suzanne, mom of 6-year-old Ivy, a survivor of childhood leukemia and member of Nancy’s Club.
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