No amount of words can express the sadness for the little girl that I have never known, and never will. If God placed angels amongst us, then she must surely be the personification of it.
Meet Elena Desserich, a six year old girl with the cutest sweet smile I have ever seen.
Beneath her innocent little eyes lies a poise, maturity and love beyond her tender years. Elena suffers from brain cancer, which slowly robbed her of speech, but that did not hinder her the least bit in showing her love for her family in her final days.
In her last days, little Elena delibrately hid hundreds of handwritten notes and drawings in her houses, in places like bookshelves, drawers etc. I read from the news that her parents had kept the truth of her cancer from her, but perhaps somehow she knew. And without fear nor sadness, she decided to keep remnants of her love for her family to uncover, even after she was gone.
Can any of us do what a mere 6 year old girl did?
She made me understand again what it means to love altrustically, something that so many of us aren't able to in our times....such when Money, branded things, self-enjoyment and selfishness seems to be the ultimate calling in these days.
'Sweet Elena,
your suffering is finally over and God has now taken you home, to a place where no pain or sadness exists. I am sure that your parents and sister, Gracie will always carry a piece of your love forever, til the day that you reunite with them.
And thank you , for touching my heart
You are the greatest inspiration to me I hope your legacy lives on to inspire even more. '
And so it did.
Her amazing journey is now immortalized in a book, a diary of sorts that her parents kept in her last days and compiled with her very notes/drawings. And with every book purchased, you are making a contribution to 'The Cure Starts Now' campaign, a foundation dedicated to searching for the cure for all cancers, starting with pediatric cancer, the one that took Elena away.
You can make a difference. read more:
http://www.notesleftbehind.com
www.thecurestartsnow.org
She made me understand again what it means to love altrustically, something that so many of us aren't able to in our times....such when Money, branded things, self-enjoyment and selfishness seems to be the ultimate calling in these days.
'Sweet Elena,
your suffering is finally over and God has now taken you home, to a place where no pain or sadness exists. I am sure that your parents and sister, Gracie will always carry a piece of your love forever, til the day that you reunite with them.
And thank you , for touching my heart
You are the greatest inspiration to me I hope your legacy lives on to inspire even more. '
And so it did.
Her amazing journey is now immortalized in a book, a diary of sorts that her parents kept in her last days and compiled with her very notes/drawings. And with every book purchased, you are making a contribution to 'The Cure Starts Now' campaign, a foundation dedicated to searching for the cure for all cancers, starting with pediatric cancer, the one that took Elena away.
You can make a difference. read more:
http://www.notesleftbehind.com
www.thecurestartsnow.org
wishing for a better future for all,
juniie
juniie
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