When my daughter was eight years old, she was diagnosed with leukemia. It was the hardest thing that we have ever had to face and reality set in when we were contacted by the Children’s Wish Foundation, stating that they wanted to give us Disney tickets, as that is where Shayden really wanted to go.

We got our Hopper tickets delivered to our house by registered mail and even the sight of the tickets seemed to make Shay feel better. She was very excited about the trip and I was happy that she was getting the opportunity to make one of her dreams come true.

When I would tuck her in at night she would ask me to read more to her about what she could expect to see when we got there. It was a great experience and it held us all together when things were difficult with her illness. She is better now, but I will never be able be thankful enough for that trip.