Joel Vazquez The news of my son Joel’s diagnosis is still hard to absorb — let alone understand – and it’s been months since he died. At the start of his third year at Texas A&M University, the Midline Glioma or DIPG symptoms started just as he was ready to...
Samuel “Sammy” Valdez Drake Sammy was a cheerful and rambunctious soul. He got the hang of a pedal bike on his first attempt at age 3. He loved trains (wooden, electric, and real), biking, racing around playgrounds, jumping on trampolines, and playing with...
Matthew Scott Matthew was someone you think of to be an overall wonderful person. A team player, and the most influential and kind son, grandson, brother, and cousin anyone could ask for. He knew how to be funny in the right moments, cared extensively about the people...
Levi Burke Levi was our typical fun and loving 5 year old boy. He loved to play t-ball, going to school, traveling, and most of all, playing with Transformers. He loved his family as well and his friends. Levi was loved by many. The week before we found Levi’s...
Jaedon Stepney Jaedon was a different child, I know all parents probably think that but he was truly like no other child I have ever known. He was born September 13th 2002 ( Friday the 13) Jae had a pretty normal child hood until he started having terrible headaches...
Carli Kantra Our lives were forever changed on Christmas Eve of 2021, when our beautiful daughter, Carli was diagnosed with DIPG – a rare and universally fatal tumor in the brain stem afflicting an average of 200-300 children per year. Carli fought an...
