This was the first thing we saw on October 22nd...the anniversary of Thaddeus' leukemia diagnosis. This was such a nice way to start Thaddeus Thursday.
Our amazing principal Mrs. Young planned a whole day of festivities to celebrate Thaddeus' cancerversary. She had breakfast ready, with balloons and decorations. We spent an hour before school surrounded by people who have been by us every step of the way this past year as we adjust to our new normal as a family dealing with childhood cancer. Such a blessing each of them are! She has been amazing as his principal. She makes him feel so special and loved. I hope all kids going through this are so blessed by their child's schools.
Later that night we headed to HardKore ParKour Las Vegas. This is one of Thaddeus' very favorite places. He so looked forward to coming here after his diagnosis. It was a happy day the first time he was well enough to come play again. The owner generously allowed us to have his party here and donated the $10 entry fee to Thaddy's charity of choice Light of the World. 42 kids came so that will be a donation of $420!
We were so thankful to be surrounded by our friends and family on this night. We had decided to redeem this day...this awful day and fight for it to be turned into a joyful day. Next year on October 22nd we will be remembering how loved we felt and all the happiness we had on this day, not the fear and sadness from last year,
There was someone from EVERY aspect of our lives represented. We said that the people here today, a year in, were in it for the long haul! This leukemia battle is at the least a 3.5 year walk. These people are the ones that have been with us and continue to hold up our arms when we tire and give us strength on the hard days.
One special person was Andrew who flew in for the day. He is so special to us and he made the day even more special to have him part of it.
Let me encourage you to CELEBRATE these days. These hard anniversaries. Redeem them with love and joy. Do not let even one day be claimed by cancer. It can have nothing from us. We are so thankful for all the messages we got, the people who were with us in spirit, the ones who took time out of their day to CELEBRATE with us... Cancer has not won this battle for Thaddy. We are all the winners because we get to watch him BEAT this thing called leukemia and we will all be made better, live and love better, because of him.
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