Insight

My new favorite little girl.
I am 100 percent serious about this:

My mother informed me that her bosses daughter has become ill.

Not only is she ill; she has Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL), she is not even five years old yet. She has started her Chemotherapy and it will take two years for the chemo to end. She is so brave and strong for doing this so young, I am so proud of her and it almost puts me in tears to imagine what kind of pain she might be in.

I am hoping that all of you, or at least the considerate or kind will take 15 minutes of your time to send her your best wishes and thoughts. You do have to make an account for this website, but it would be so nice for her to know that people she doesn't even know care about her. I did it and it was easy, you can uncheck all the boxes about emails and it is confidential and legit. If you are completely against this you can reply to this post with a small note and I would love to send it through my account. As you know I am in France right now and I can't visit her but until then I will do anything I can to help, including this post.

If these paragraphs haven't motivated you enough to reach into your heart and pull out any little bit of kindness, maybe this picture of this cute little strong girl will:

Here are the instructions for the website, feel free to browse and whatnot, I plan on making this post a blog in my myspace and posting it many times throughout her progress.

Go to: www.caringbridge.org/visit/natalieschiefferly
Read the Journal her mother and father update daily. (Be sure to look at the shout out that her mom gave my mom and I)
Go to her Guestbook and sign or reply to this post with something you'd like to say and I would love to post it for you.

Here are the things I have written her so far:
Hey there natalie,
I don't know if you remember who I am but my mommy is Dawn Johnson at your daddy's work. I just heard you are sick and I would like to send you some nice thoughts. Right now I am in france, its almost a billion miles from where you are, but maybe one day you can come and see it. My mommy printed out one of the pictures that I took here, its the one with the big yellow flower, do you like it? I hope you get to see more of the pictures I took here because it is a very beautiful place. I'm wishing you well and I would love to hear from you on how you are doing. I bet you are being very strong and you should know you are brave for doing so. I am one of a lot of people who care about you and I would love to maybe visit you one day. I already have a present for you!
I will write to you once more a little later, best wishes hugs and kisses!
Krystal! neonllamagirl@yahoo.com

Hi Natalie,
Its Krystal again, I just wanted to let you know that I have been thinking about you a lot while I'm in France. I just found out today that your favorite flower is a sunflower, and the picture my mommy gave you is a sunflower!
Well, I told all my friends about you and what a brave strong girl you are. I am going to have them all write to you. I would really like to show you some of the pictures that I took of the sunflowers here, they are as big as you are! Isn't that cool?
Anyway, I hope you're having a wonderful day and I will try to send you those pictures very soon.
Be a brave little princess and grow some flowers of your own. You will be in my dreams.
Krystal!

I think I figured out how to get these pictures to you, all you have to do is click on the links and start smiling!
First here is a picture of me smiling for you on the top of a big mountain in France:

And this is the picture my mommy wrote a note on for you along with more pictures of your favorite flower, i took all of these pictures by myself and hope you like them!

Hi natalie, my friend Vilma read what I wrote about you and wanted to send you this:
dear natalie,
I am sad to say that you do not know me...but I know of you and am with you at heart. I can't imagine what it's like to go through what you are battling right now. I send you my best wishes and hope that you get better as soon as possible. Oh by the way I have a little sister named kathleen who is 5 too and she told me to tell you that she hopes you get better soon and that she thinks your very pretty!
get well little miss natalie
vilma and kathleen
You are starting a fan club of your own! Isn't that exciting!?

Hey there Natalie,
First I want to say that your mommy is really nice for posting the shout out in the journal, but she doesn't have to thank me. I love taking pictures, and knowing that they brighten your day makes me feel a million times better about taking them. I figure that you might get bored in your hospital room sometimes, so I think I'll give you some more pictures to look at.
Well, the other day I went through a labyrinth (its like a big maze that you can't ever get lost in). The labyrinth was made of corn, and there are a lot of bugs there, I took a picture of this bug because it has spots in my favorite color, red! We also got to play with a big chinese dragon.

What is your favorite color?
I also went to a very small Zoo and saw my favorite kind of monkey, a Tamarin, they are very tiny and have silly looking hair. I also got to see a Sea lion catch fish in a big pool!

Do you like barbies? I went to a toy museum where they had about 70 barbies and the biggest barbie house I've ever seen! My favorite barbie is the black and white one, I found out she costs 300 dollars!

Ok, I think this is the last one for today, maybe next time I can show you the firework pictures!

I'm so happy you're getting better!

And my mom:
Hi Natalie, Matt and Diane:
Just wanted to check back with you and say hello and tell you that you are in our families thoughts everyday. With Krystal being so far away it has really made me realize the bond between parents and children, one that is stronger than any bond in the whole world. That is what will get you through all of this. I wanted to let Natalie know that Krystal will be in Germany today and is going to go to an amusement park that has the fastest roller coaster in the world, (or maybe just all of Germany), anyway it is fast. She was very excited to take lots of pictures to send back home and to ride this swift machine. I wish you the fastest recovery in the whole world just like the roller coaster. I would love to cook you guys a dinner when you get back home so I will look at the calendar and set one up. Everyone give hugs to everyone for me and I hope to see you all soon.
Love Dawn and Family
dawnj@paulhanson.com

And one of my bests Dee:
Hello Miss Natalie,
I wanted to stop by to give you a little sunshine. You are in my thoughts and prayers. Also, I am so impressed by how brave you are. You inspire me! I hope you are having a good day today!! :)
Lots of Loves, Deanna

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