It's been a little over a week since Alec has passed away and it's been really difficult. I wish the world would slow down for a little while and let me figure out what to do next. But I still have to go to work, make dinners, and take out the trash. My family and I have been g ...
Read MoreAlec, my sister, and I walked up the white cement steps leading to the beautiful home of Kristen Griffiths. It was about 7:30pm on a Wednesday night, we had planned on meeting with Kristen and delivering her Smiles Package for a couple of weeks now. We knocked on the door and Kri ...
Read MoreIt is time for an update! As time wears on, Alec's future continues to grow more uncertain. But, that doesn't stop him from living on and helping others through his foundation. I'll get out of the way and let him tell you what is going on with the foundation and with himself. In ...
Read MoreI love movies, and I love to draw out different analogies from them. If you share this affinity for movies with me then you have probably seen the movie, The Three Amigos. The movie is about three naive silent movie actors known as the "Three Amigos." They get fired from the acti ...
Read MoreBonnie Jensen Bonnie is sixty years young and going strong, she just found out she had abdominal cancer this past June. Her daughter submitted the Smiles Application and said that the thing she loves to do the most is to make amazingly cool cards with her Cricut machine. She sho ...
Read MoreFinding Out I was introduced to the world of childhood cancer in August of 2015 when my 10 year old son, Carter, started throwing up and complaining of having a headache. After 3 weeks of multiple doctor visits and failed antibiotics, a scan revealed that Carter had a large brai ...
Read MoreCambree Housley Cambree is a little two year old girl who has been battling B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia since she was 14 months old. With the support of her parents and her older twin sisters, she has been able to fight through some of the hardest things anyone on this e ...
Read MoreJames Hunsaker James is a 5 year old boy who has been battling his Lymphoblastic Leukemia for about a year now and has two years of treatment to go. It was really fun to shop for him because of our shared interests, such as Star Wars and Legos. When we showed up at his house he ...
Read MoreThings have been busy for AJU Foundation lately. We have been having a lot of fun putting together these Smiles Packages and watching them put a smile on the faces of our recipients. We recently put together a Smiles package for a six year old girl named Arysta. Of course, we lov ...
Read MoreMax Ellington Last week AJU foundation delivered a Smiles Package to Max, a 7-year-old who recently had a baseball size tumor removed from the base of his brain. Max’s scar from the surgery was the same as Alec’s. Fortunately for Max, the growth did not go into his spine. He wil ...
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