I am so completely honored to be able to help Cookies for Kids’ Cancer and their Valentines Day promotion by offering this necklace by Camilee Designs.

Love Like Liam Necklace

50% of the sale price of the Love Like Liam Necklace will be donated to Cookies for Kids’ Cancer to help raise funds to support research for new and improved therapies for pediatric cancer.

A few weeks ago when I posted about my quarterly donation to Cookies for Kids’ Cancer the founder of Cookies for Kids’ Cancer, Gretchen, saw my blog post and took the time out to thank me personally for my contributions.  Getting a personal thank you from someone who I respect so much and have prayed for for several years was simply overwhelming.

Almost 3 years ago, my daughter (then 1 and a half years old) was cured of pediatric cancer.  I wish I could say I support this cause out of the kindness of my heart and that I don’t have any personal reasons, but the truth is that once you have seen the devastation of cancer in a child you can’t get the image out of your head.  I can’t not do something.  My daughter is cured.  We had an “easy” time of it…6 months of chemo and lots of follow up appointments.  My daughter is going to be okay.  I, however, am always going to be a little bit of a maniac – every time she tells me she has a stomach ache, fever, or seems a bit off, my head goes “there.”

Gretchen actually lived “there” for years…and then experienced what no mother or father should ever have to see…their child leave this world before them.  Liam, just 6 years old was taken just 1 year ago.

When I was corresponding with Gretchen via email she asked me to create a necklace for her to commemorate Liam.  I was completely honored, but what a daunting task.  Here are her words about Liam that she offered to help me create a piece.

Liam loved creating and inventing and building. He loved science from concepts as vast as space to small as red blood cells. He loved the color orange. He loved discovering how things work. He loved people. He loved to take care of everyone. He loved life. The pureness and simplicity of his love is what appealed to everyone he met. You would have loved him too.

Thank you to Gretchen and Emily from Cookies for Kids’ Cancer for being so kind to me.  Thank you for allowing me to help in this way.  Thank you for working so hard to give hope to children and their families.

Kindest Regards,

Cami