heart wrenching story.........

RACER X · 11-05-2009, 12:42 PM

http://neatorama.cachefly.net/notes-left-behind.htm

"When 6-year-old Elena Desserich was diagnosed with brain cancer, she began hiding hundreds of little love notes around the house for her parents to find after she was gone. Here’s the story:

Just before her sixth birthday, Elena Desserich was diagnosed with brain cancer and given 135 days to live. She lived 255 days, passing away in 2007. After her death, Elena’s parents, Brooke and Keith, found hundreds of notes from Elena hidden around the house — in between CD cases, between bookshelves, in dresser drawers, in backpacks….

"It just felt like a little hug from her, like she was telling us she was looking over us"

Elena’s parents, Brooke and Keith Desserich, have now published these notes in a book called Notes Left Behind to fund a non-profit organization The Cure Starts Now dedicated to fighting pediatric brain cancer.

Particle Man · 11-05-2009, 12:47 PM

I would TOTALLY lose it after finding one of those notes if (God forbid) I were in their shoes. I'd be a puddle on the floor at that point.

Fuck. I need to go home and hug my daughter now.

CrazyKell · 11-05-2009, 12:54 PM

Wow. What an incredible gift. They'll be finding those for years to come.

Wonder if she thought that idea up on her own.

Trip · 11-05-2009, 01:14 PM

man, read the comments on the story. They go off on this story and the parents. Asking how the parents couldn't of found the notes before the girl died.

Tmall · 11-05-2009, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Trip

man, read the comments on the story. They go off on this story and the parents. Asking how the parents couldn't of found the notes before the girl died.

It's like everything on the internet. Somebody will argue a point even if they don't believe it. Just so they're not "wrong"..

CasterTroy · 11-05-2009, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Tmall

It's like everything on the internet. Somebody will argue a point even if they don't believe it. Just so they're not "wrong"..

azoomm · 11-05-2009, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Trip

man, read the comments on the story. They go off on this story and the parents. Asking how the parents couldn't of found the notes before the girl died.

Right. Because they couldn't have been busy before their DAUGHTER died.

UGH... I agree that I would be a puddle of goo after even finding one.

Particle Man · 11-05-2009, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Trip

man, read the comments on the story. They go off on this story and the parents.

Best way I can think to say it: FUCK them.

ontwo · 11-05-2009, 03:19 PM

Wow, I would be a mess after finding something like that

2up · 11-05-2009, 09:44 PM

I read this story earlier today, and also noticed the comments people left, and was DISGUSTED by them. If it were my baby dying of cancer you can count on the fact that house cleaning would be the last thing on my mind. I would do everything I could to just make her time fun. And they were HIDDEN. Oddly enough hidden usually means "not in plain sight." Ugh People are stupid. But this story is... bittersweet.

11-05-2009, 12:42 PM	#1
RACER X AMA Supersport Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Richmond, Tx Moto: '10 Tuono Factory Posts: 4,569	heart wrenching story......... http://neatorama.cachefly.net/notes-left-behind.htm "When 6-year-old Elena Desserich was diagnosed with brain cancer, she began hiding hundreds of little love notes around the house for her parents to find after she was gone. Here’s the story: Just before her sixth birthday, Elena Desserich was diagnosed with brain cancer and given 135 days to live. She lived 255 days, passing away in 2007. After her death, Elena’s parents, Brooke and Keith, found hundreds of notes from Elena hidden around the house — in between CD cases, between bookshelves, in dresser drawers, in backpacks…. "It just felt like a little hug from her, like she was telling us she was looking over us" Elena’s parents, Brooke and Keith Desserich, have now published these notes in a book called Notes Left Behind to fund a non-profit organization The Cure Starts Now dedicated to fighting pediatric brain cancer. __________________ ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ 2014 GROM! 181cc of FURY 2010 Aprilia Tuono Factory - SOLD 2009 SFV Gladius - SOLD 2008 Hayabusa - SOLD.

11-05-2009, 12:47 PM	#2
Particle Man Custom User Title Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Central NY Moto: 2003 SV650S Posts: 14,959	I would TOTALLY lose it after finding one of those notes if (God forbid) I were in their shoes. I'd be a puddle on the floor at that point. Fuck. I need to go home and hug my daughter now. __________________ I'm not "fat." I'm "Enlarged to show texture." Handle every stressful situation like a DOG: If you can't eat it or hump it, pi$$ on it & walk away.

11-05-2009, 12:54 PM	#3
CrazyKell Vrooom Join Date: Nov 2008 Moto: 06 ZX6R Posts: 4,427	Wow. What an incredible gift. They'll be finding those for years to come. Wonder if she thought that idea up on her own.

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ontwo Designated Drinker Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: shitville Moto: 2009 ZX6R Posts: 1,661	Wow, I would be a mess after finding something like that

11-05-2009, 09:44 PM	#10
2up Waiting for Hello Kitty! Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Arizona Moto: Nothing ATM, which makes me want to cry. Posts: 810	I read this story earlier today, and also noticed the comments people left, and was DISGUSTED by them. If it were my baby dying of cancer you can count on the fact that house cleaning would be the last thing on my mind. I would do everything I could to just make her time fun. And they were HIDDEN. Oddly enough hidden usually means "not in plain sight." Ugh People are stupid. But this story is... bittersweet.