Way too close...

In Loving Memory of Angela O'Laskey

Way too close together to our last White Rose. Angela was a 14 year old diagnosed with Ewings (the same type of cancer as Rebekah) in January of this year. In March she found Rebekah's site and posted the following comment:

i was just diagnosed with ewings sarcoma 3 months ago it is in my leg and neck i am very scared i am 14 the blogs that i wrote were some of the most inspiring pieces i have read if you had time i wold like to write to you my email is mrpkhommie2@yahoo.com
sincerly
Angela O'Laskey

After that post, mommy and daddy shared some very inspiring emails with Angela and then they dropped off. We had not heard anything about her until today. She died 2 days ago. This was an extreme shock to us as she has been in the back of our mind ever since March.

Particularly touching to us today was a quote in the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle by staff writer Meaghan M. McDermott. In this article about Angela, she wrote "On Sept. 22, schoolmates and others from the community made Angela "Queen for a Day" and held a special prom just for her and her friends."
8 days later Angela was gone. We can only pray that Rebekah is able to grow up to be as beautiful a lady as Angela and gets to attend her "prom."

Please lift up your prayers and continue to support these families and groups supporting them and kiddo cancer research. Enough is enough.

The beautiful white rose that has touched so many of us in so many ways is by and used with permission from Australian photographer Lisa Hocking Please see her blog and thank her for its use.