"Shopping for kindergarten supplies one day and diagnosed with Leukemia the next.

Our beautiful, vibrant 5-year old Phoebe has cancer," - Phoebe's mom (September 2015)

I remember watching my mom die in 2006 from Lung Cancer. (She never smoked, by the way...she was a stay at home mom, died 5 weeks after diagnosis)  What she endured in a 5-week span was more than someone with cancer would endure in a 2 year period.  The meds, the nausea, the hair loss, the aches and pains, the fear.....then her her final day.  People often ask me why I volunteer my time to "Pediatric Cancer" research, activities, events, fundraisers etc....and my answer is this....because I HAVE to!  I have three beautiful little girls, that are healthy.  Something I pray for everyday.  But "what if....."

Some people I know....live the "what if...."

It happened to them....

And if I can help them cope in some small way; if I can make someone smile just for a minute, to escape the horror of what they are going through, I will.

My gift to her was a photo shoot. A magical, fairytale-like photo shoot. I made her dress, I called a local vintage supply warehouse (The Fox & The Finch Vintage Rentals, called on some friends to help (Kristine Ortiz and Veronica Caggiano)... 

Meet Phoebe.

Here's her shoot and BTS footage and pics. :)

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