Anthony
I created this site in memory of one awesome kid. I want to celebrate his life. He touched the hearts of many during his 9 years with us, and I pray that he will never be forgotten.
I lost my child, my best friend to cancer
It all started in January 1996 after Anthony began experiencing headaches and vomitting. Several doctors diagnosed him with the flu and told us it will pass...but it was more than that. It was a brain tumor called Medulloblastoma. It was at the base of the brain, about the size of a walnut and fast growing. I can remember the diagnosis day so clearly. In the morning I was filling out a permission slip for a school field trip, and that afternoon I was preparing for his brain surgery. It all happened in a blink of an eye.
I suffered right along with Anthony for 2+ years. I watched the cancer take over his body, as he went from an active, skinny boy, to a heavy hungry boy in a wheelchair - who had to worry about vomiting and losing his hair. Something no child should have to worry about
"RECOVERY FROM GRIEF IS NOT A STATION YOU ARRIVE AT, BUT A MANNER OF TRAVELING" -Dr. Ivan G. Matten
One of my favorite 'Anthony memories' is from Nov. 1997 (at this point Anthony had doubled his weight from the steroids and was in a wheelchair). We were doing some Christmas shopping and he asked his Step-Dad, John, to push his wheelchair off to the right towards the Salvation Army bell ringer because he wanted to give some money to someone less fortunate.
♥He had such a BIG heart♥
Anthony enjoyed many things:
- Legos
- Hot Wheels Nickelodeon
- Catching frogs
- Baking cookies
- Tossing the football with his Step Dad
- and making people laugh...
Anthony Michael, my sunshine, you are at home with God. Wait for me in Heaven and we'll spend eternity together.
5/22/88 - 12/23/97
Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get. -Forrest Gump
Enjoy your children TODAY. Hug them tightly. They are truly only on loan to us from God.
