T.J. White

Welcome everyone, our son was diagnosed May 22, 2004 with acute myelogeneous leukemia (AML – M5 with Monosomy 7). This is a very aggressive type of leukemia which our son fought very courageously and with much dignity. TJ went to heaven on October 28, 2004.
Thank you for your gifts, cards, prayers and faith. Words can not express the gratitude we have in our hearts.

Journal

Wednesday, July 9, 2008 11:06 AM CDT

A Pair of Shoes

I am wearing a pair of shoes.
They are ugly shoes.
Uncomfortable shoes.
I hate my shoes.

Each day I wear them, and each
day I wish I had another pair.

Some days my shoes hurt so bad
that I do not think I can take
another step.

Yet, I continue to wear them.

I get funny looks wearing these shoes.

I can tell in others eyes that they
are glad they are my shoes and not
theirs.

They never talk about my shoes.

To learn how awful my shoes are
might make them uncomfortable.

To truly understand these shoes
you must walk in them.

But, once you put them on, you can
never take them off.

I now realize that I am not the
only one who wears these shoes.

There are many pairs in this world.

Some women ache daily as they try
and walk in them.

Some have learned how to walk in
them so they don't hurt quite as much.

Some have worn the shoes so long that
days will go by before they think about
how much they hurt.

No woman deserves to wear these shoes.

Yet, because of these shoes I am a
stronger woman.

These shoes have given me the strength
to face anything.

They have made me who I am.

I will forever walk in the shoes of a
woman who has a child with cancer.

*Author Unknown*

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Hospital Information:

Children's Mercy Hospital
2401 Gillham Road
Kansas City, MO 64108
1-866-512-2168

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E-mail Author: michellew77@gmail.com

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