Alexis

A friend of the family, a little girl named Alexis, passed away last Saturday, May 23, 2009 at about 10:20 am. We loved her so much. She had cancer first in her arm, discovered about a year ago, and it moved into her hip and lungs. Her arm was amputated a couple weeks or so ago, in the hopes that it might help her beat the cancer, but it didn't. She got a chance to say goodbye to her whole family, which is only slightly comforting. The Make a Wish Foundation sent her and her family to Italy which is where she wanted to go. She even got to see her little sister Emily get baptized. Another thing that was sort of her idea. I love Alexis so much. I am very sad she is gone, but glad she's not in pain anymore. One thing she said -or wrote- before she passed away is that she's going up to heaven with both arms. That just breaks my heart. And her little brother, about six or seven years old, misses her so much. So do her parents. I can't imagine how they feel, thatg their 11 year old daughter is no longer with them. I am just so sad for them right now.