Mission Monkey

A while back, I came across a blog with pictures of three of the most beautiful little girls.   All decked out in tutus.   And my all-boy-mama heart ached a little at the beauty of those girls.   Mama's Pixie Dreams: my heart fluttered at those gorgeous little pixie girls. Every single time I went to that blog, I thought oh, to have a girl.   And I got to know their sweet mama a little through blogging and found out that she is a total sweetheart.   And then, one day, out of the blue...they found out that their youngest has neuroblastoma.   It was like one day, she was writing about the normal happenings in their lives, then she found a lump in her little girl's neck, and then she found that her little Monkey has neuroblastoma.   That quickly, to go from Mama's Pixie Dreams, to Mama's Worst Nightmare.   A lot of you are probably familiar with this little face, thanks to all of Supahmommy's efforts to help his family.  This is the same disease that Jaden has. The same one that took his friend Ethan's life recently.   And now this little one has it. 

 Look at that face. That tiny 16 month-old precious little girl now has to fight for her life.   And, here's the thing: this could be any of our kids.   We can be going along with our everyday lives, with our small worries and struggles, but have healthy kids.   And then, just like that, we could find out that one of our kids is sick.   So sick that we don't know what is going to happen.  Think if it was your child.   It makes me ill to think that. I want to grab my kids and hold them tight and cry my eyes out...especially when I know that that isn't enough to keep them safe from something like that happening to them.   Are you ready to help?

First of all, pray for Monkey. Pray for her family. Pray for strength, pray for healing, pray for her doctors, just pray.

Next, go follow Mama's Pixie Dreams. That link will take you right to the post about Monkey's diagnosis.  Show your support in numbers. Look, I totally suck at knowing what to say in these situations. There really aren't right words to say, anyway. Just follow and tell her you are keeping them in your thoughts and prayers.

Now, Ian, at The Daily Dose of Reality is organizing a fundraiser to help this family. Because as if this isn't enough of an emotional nightmare for this family, it will also be a financial nightmare.

Look for his post next Wednesday, explaining exactly how donations and a raffle are going to work. You can follow him while you're at it, to keep updated on what is going on.  

But, for now: can you help?

Do you have something that you can donate?

Maybe you can work your magic on a company and get a big ticket item.

Or maybe you are a company who can donate. Make a big donation and I'll give you ad space on my blog, blog about how fabulous you are, tweet about, etc. And there are other blogs that would do the same thing for you.

I'm praying like crazy that my Cub actually wins the Baby Contest because I will use some of his prizes to help out.

But, it doesn't have to be something big.

Do you have an etsy shop? Can you make something?

Do you have a blog? Can you donate a guest spot on it? Ad space on the side of your blog?

Do you do blog design? Can you make a button?

Anything at all would be helpful.

Email Ian at thedailydoseofreality@gmail.com to let him know what you can help with.



He will also have a paypal account set up by Wednesday so that you can donate directly to the Pixie family.

You can also grab Monkey's button at Ian's blog or Big Mama Cass's, who created the button.

Let's show our support.