Sometimes we parents have to press pause on our personal endeavors to facilitate those of our little ones. Sometimes it's easy to get resentful about that. Then something like this comes across our radar and it's really easy to return to gratitude and see that blog posts, book sales and self-time are just icing on the cake. 





5-year-old with terminal cancer just wants mail. Let’s overflow his P.O. box…July 21, 2014 | By Abraham Danny Nickerson is 5 years old, but not for long. He’s very excited to become a big 6-year-old this Friday. As happy as this birthday will be, however, it will be hard, too.

Danny has a virtually unbeatable cancer. Doctors have told his family that less than 10 percent of kids diagnosed with his type live longer than 18 months.
So the upcoming celebration will be an emotional day filled with far more highs and lows than a typical 6-year-old’s birthday. And what is he hoping to get for this extraordinary birthday?
Cards.

He loves getting mail.
His mom says,

He can recognize his name now. When he saw his name on the package from magical fairies on Easter, he was so happy.

Since Easter, though, packages have slowed down. But now, for his birthday, it’s time to make sure he gets all the cards he could possibly want to read.

You can send birthday cards to Danny at P.O. Box 212, Foxboro, MA, 02035. Tell your friends to send one, too. As of Saturday, he’d received about 40 cards. There’s no reason that number shouldn’t be increased a hundred times over.
And in case you want some direction, his mom says he loves Lego and Super Mario.


Tomorrow, the girls and I are writing letters to this little guy. I most likely won't tell them all the details of what is ailing this child, but we can send them some love. We've go some extra around here.

Have a great week!