A Facebook post, quoted in "A boy with cancer hoped to see monsters. Hundreds of strangers showed up in costume" (WaPo). The 5-year-old "had only a few weeks, or perhaps even days, to live."
As it became clear that plenty of people planned to show up.... On the day of the event — Sept. 14 — Tzouanakis Anderson expected 300 people to attend, at most. But as the evening progressed, “probably close to 1,000 people showed up,” she said. His son watched in awe as a swarm of strangers (many with their pets) paraded through the streets....
This happened in Hamilton, Ontario.
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If this doesn't turn into a money grift then it is a heartwarming story.
Unfortunately I am jaded from too many scams...
Sweet as pie.
I thought Ann was abandoning the cutesy WaPo label?
https://althouse.blogspot.com/2022/08/childrens-national-hospital-has-been.html
So how ever did you get the newest version of Halo? It's not due out for another six months.
Well, let's just say I said some things to the Make-A-Wish people that I'm not totally proud of.
- 17 Again (2009)
I was working in the lab, late one night
When my eyes beheld an eerie sight
For my monster from his slab, began to rise
And suddenly to my surprise
He did the monster mash
It reminds me of that wonderful story of a young child with cancer becoming "BatKid" in San Francisco.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batkid
My sons lived to be full grown adults, marry, and give me grandchildren. Stories like this make me appreciate how lucky I am.
We humans try to do whatever we can to make the last period of life of a child as comfortable as we can, because it hurts to see a child die — any child, not just our own. And we — most of us, anyway — will put our own lives at risk, for instance putting our adult bodies between a child and a poisonous snake or swimming out to try to rescue children caught in a rip current or a person not trained as a firefighter entering a burning house to rescue children trapped inside. We’re humans; we do that.
"I thought Ann was abandoning the cutesy WaPo label?"
Yeah, but I got tired of typing so many letters.
'Yeah, but I got tired of typing so many letters.'
If you spoke 'WaPo' it would sound lame.
When written it's fine...
Now, he sleeps with the light on
The Washington Post is formal and strict. WaPoo is cutesy. WaPo is grownup and sanitized for the workplace.
WaPo let me read the article. This is a real family; their middle child has only weeks to live and has had brain cancer since he was one year old.
Our first grandchild was born yesterday---Levi Jackson. Already we love him and it hurts all the more to see the news article's pictures of this little boy getting his early Halloween parade and his Dad holding him and trying not to cry.
I want to believe adults did this to fulfull a sick child's wish, but I know most of them are those annoying adults who are way too into Halloween
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