Yesterday was a normal day for my family. We are visiting my sister in Deerfield Beach and we spent our morning and afternoon at the beach. The day started with rain and as we expected, the skies cleared and the sun showed us all her beauty. We left the beach around 3 in the afternoon. After arriving home the kids continued to run around playing football and riding bikes. Evening is now approaching, my sisters has put together a dinner and the children are all playing Monopoly on the bedroom floor. I’m at my computer working on material for my book while answering emails. With a successful day winding down, my sister pulls out her phone to do what most people do when everything is done. She opened Facebook and began to scroll.
Upon scrolling she comes across a forwarded post from a girl we went to school with. This post was about a 5-year-old girl named Rylee. Rylee is from central Florida like myself and my sister. During the previous month the little girl complained of headaches. Her family took her to the doctor to have the headaches assessed. That is when they found that Rylee had a brain tumour. She had a mass near the brain stem and was immediately rushed to Arnold Palmer and the surgeries began.
Rylee is now in recovery with months of chemotherapy ahead of her. Her grandmother had an idea to cheer her up. Her favorite thing to do is check the mail. They thought it would make Rylee so happy to receive letters filled with joy and happiness. Her family took Rylee to get her own mailbox and they created a Facebook page to get the word out. My sister found out about this little angel because the girl we went to school with has a daughter. Her daughter wrote Rylee a letter and they forwarded Rylees Facebook page for others to do the same.
My sister, after reading this gets all choked up and comes to stop me from my writing. She tells me the story and we agree that it would be so lovely to have all the kids write a letter to Rylee. When we tell them her story, they all have different emotions. Gabe gets upset because he claims he doesn’t like hearing sad stuff and it freaks him out. Cassie does a beautiful job elaborating to him about the human body and the amazing way we can heal ourselves with our minds. If this little girl could feel so much love and joy, it could accelerate her recovery. Giving her reasons to look forward to life instead of worries of saddness and why me. The family hopes to fill Rylees room with these “cheer me up” cards.
My sister pulls all the crafts out onto the table and everyone begins to construct their idea of a get well card. Brian and Andrew want to make bracelets while Sean and Gabe get right to the writing.
I’m writing this post because I’m asking all my readers if they can do the same. Take a few minutes out of your day and create something from your heart for little Rylee. She’s only 5 years old and already battling a battle most can not even imagine. To follow Rylees story and share it to all your friends, the link is here.
https://www.facebook.com/RyleesJourney/
or @RyleesJourney
If you don’t do Facebook and you just want to send a beautiful message to cheer her up. Here is the address
RYLEE’S MAILBOX
P.O. BOX 530095
DEBARY, FL 32753-0095
Also, if you know anymore stories like Rylees where a selfless act as simple as sending a letter can change the life of someone in need. Please send it to my email. Candice@artoflove.solutions and I will shed light on the situation on my blog and forward it to all of my followers.
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