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Brave Like Brynlee, Manchester, MI (2026)

05/27/2026

Meet Brynnlee one of our Little Victors from our 2026 calendar. “Brynlee was diagnosed with medulloblastoma (group 3) in April of 2025. She has gone through 30 rounds of radiation and rang the bell in June! She’s currently going through maintenance chemotherapy and is going on her fourth cycle with 42 rounds and counting. She is the bravest, funniest, most polite, amazing little girl there is.” Hail, Brynlee!

05/26/2026

One more month. 🥹✨

In just a few short weeks, Brynlee will be heading to Disney World for her Make A Wish trip, and I don’t even know if words can explain how excited she is. Every single day it’s princess talk over here. Which dresses she wants to wear, who she hopes to meet first, what rides she wants to try, and if Cinderella’s castle is “really THAT big.” 🩷

There was a time when our world felt like hospitals, surgeries, scans, medications, and fear. A time when joy felt so far away. So getting to watch her dream about princesses instead of procedures feels healing in a way I can’t explain.

She has fought so hard for this happiness. For these memories. For this childhood.

And now my little warrior gets to go be a princess for a while. ✨🏰💕

05/25/2026

Sometimes I sit and think about the fact that I am going to spend the rest of my life explaining cancer to my child.

Brynlee was only 4 years old when she was diagnosed.
She was still at the age where the world was supposed to feel magical and safe. She did not truly understand what was happening to her while it was happening. She did not understand why she suddenly lived at hospitals. Why doctors and machines became part of everyday life. Why medicine made her sick. Why her hair fell out. Why Mommy looked terrified all the time even when I tried so hard to hide it.

And now that she’s growing up, I realize there will never be a point where this journey is just “over” for us.

Because one day I will have to fully explain to her what cancer actually was.
I will have to explain why she still has MRI’s.
Why she still has doctors.
Why certain symptoms matter.
Why I panic over headaches.
Why I ask certain questions.
Why there are parts of her childhood I can barely speak about without feeling my chest cave in.

And somehow I have to teach my little girl the signs she needs to tell me about without placing the weight of my fear onto her shoulders.

That is the part nobody prepares you for.

Nobody prepares you for the heartbreak of trying to keep your child informed enough to protect themselves while also trying desperately to preserve their innocence.

Because to her, cancer is the monster she beat.
That’s how she sees it.

And honestly, sometimes hearing something so heavy come from such a tiny, beautiful little soul completely wrecks me.

There are moments I feel thankful she was only 4 because she did not have to walk into school terrified of being bullied for losing her hair. She did not have to sit in classrooms feeling different from everyone else in the way older children often do. She did not have to fully carry the social cruelty that cancer can bring into a child’s life.

But even typing that feels heartbreaking, because what kind of world do we live in where a parent feels relief over their child being too young to fully understand their own cancer battle?

No age makes this fair.
No age makes this hurt less.

Cancer still stole pieces of her childhood.
It still changed her life forever.
It still changed mine forever.

And yet somehow, through all of this, she continues to be full of light. Full of joy. Full of strength that should never have been asked of her in the first place.

I look at her sometimes and wonder how someone so little carried something so impossibly heavy and still came out smiling.

05/23/2026

Today was one of those little moments that probably didn’t look like much to anyone else, but to me it felt so big. 🩷

We went to the store today and Brynlee insisted on walking all by herself. She was so determined. For about 15 minutes, she walked through that entire store with the biggest smile on her face, so proud of herself and so excited to show me how strong she’s getting again.

What people don’t always see is how much she’s had to relearn after her brain tumor. Things that used to be easy became things she had to work so hard for. Balance. Strength. Coordination. Trusting her little body again.

So watching her walk through those aisles today with so much confidence honestly made me emotional. I kept catching myself just watching her, thinking about how far she’s come.

There was a time I didn’t know what recovery would look like for her. And now here she is, wanting her independence back so badly, fighting for it a little more every single day.

I am just so unbelievably proud of my girl. 🩷

05/21/2026

Today Brynlee spent the evening at the park while her brothers played baseball, and I swear watching her out there felt like watching little pieces of her come back to life.

She was climbing the playground equipment, getting herself on and off the swings, and even swinging by herself for a little while. Things that used to seem so simple now feel so incredibly big. Every tiny bit of independence means something different after everything she’s been through.

I watch her trying so hard to get her life back. Trying to catch up on all the little childhood moments cancer tried to steal from her. And the thing is..she never gives up. No matter how hard it is, she keeps trying again and again with the biggest smile on her face.

Sometimes people only see the major milestones, but tonight felt like one too. Just a little girl at the park, laughing, climbing, swinging, and fighting her way back to being a kid again. 🩷

05/18/2026

This weekend was a pretty quiet one for us, and honestly, I think we all needed that. We spent today at the park and watching the kids just run around, laugh, play together, and enjoy being kids filled my heart in a way I can’t even explain. These are the moments I used to beg for in the middle of the hardest days. The normal moments that once felt so far away.

And today, Brynlee did something that probably seems so small to most people, but absolutely stopped me in my tracks as her mom. She got on and off the swing all by herself. Completely on her own. I don’t think people understand how huge that is after everything her little body has been through. The strength, balance, confidence, and independence behind something as simple as a playground swing is something I will never take for granted again.

She also got the cutest new hat from Mrs. Renee and has been feeling herself all day long. 💕 Watching her just live life to the fullest, smile so big, and truly enjoy everything around her has been one of the greatest gifts. After everything she’s fought through, seeing her happy feels like healing for all of us.

Some weekends don’t need big events or huge milestones to be special. Sometimes the best days are the quiet ones where your child is simply healthy enough to laugh, play, climb, swing, and just be little again. And I will forever be thankful for that.

05/15/2026

🎗️ RELAY FOR RESEARCH 🎗️
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We are right there at our goal and I honestly cannot thank you all enough for helping us fight for something our children should have already had..a cure. Every share, donation, comment and prayer means more than people will ever understand.

May is Brain Tumor Awareness Month, and for our family, that will always mean more than just a ribbon color or a month on a calendar. It means remembering the day our world stopped. It means hearing the word medulloblastoma and realizing your child is about to face surgeries, toxic treatments, scans, fear and a fight no child should ever have to endure.

Relay for Research means everything to me because research is the reason children like Brynlee get more time. Research is hope. Research is the reason survival stories even exist. Families like ours should not have to beg, fundraise and scream into the void just to get these kids the attention and funding they deserve, but here we are..still fighting for our babies.

Our kids deserve so much better than outdated treatments and statistics that have barely changed in decades. They deserve a future. They deserve to grow up.

Thank you to every single person helping us push closer to this goal and helping us continue this fight for children battling brain tumors everywhere. 🩷

05/13/2026

We are SO close to our goal and I can feel every single share, donation, comment, and ounce of support carrying us there. 🩷

May is Brain Tumor Awareness Month, and while families like ours are fighting to keep our children alive, childhood cancer research still receives only around 4% of federal cancer research funding. Four percent. Our babies deserve better than that. They deserve answers, better treatments, and a future that is not built on outdated medicine and impossible odds.

That is why we keep showing up. That is why we keep raising awareness. And that is why we are working with The Cure Starts Now to help fund the critical research our kids desperately need.

We are incredibly close to hitting our goal and I would love nothing more than to push this all the way through for these children. Thank you for continuing to stand beside Brynlee and every child fighting this horrible disease. 🩷🎗️

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05/12/2026

Today Brynlee got the sweetest surprise in the mail and I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of seeing that kind of excitement on her face. 🩷

A beautiful package showed up from Happy Bundles and the second she opened it, her whole face lit up. She carefully pulled everything out one by one, smiling bigger each time like it was Christmas morning all over again. The joy these moments bring her after everything she’s had to endure is something I could never fully put into words.

Her favorite part? That brand new bag. She was SO excited to show it off and immediately started planning where she’s taking it next. Seeing her genuinely happy over something so thoughtful will always mean more to me than people realize.

I say it all the time, but families walking this road never forget the people who choose to love our children from afar. The kindness, the time, the effort, the thought behind something like this matters more than you know.

Brynlee is so deeply loved and I am forever grateful for people who continue to remind her of that. 🩷

05/11/2026

This weekend got me. Like really got me.

I don’t even think I have the right words for the amount of love we felt these last few days. Watching Brynlee be celebrated, watching people cheer for her, include her, love her so loudly..it was one of those weekends I know I’ll replay in my head forever.

And honestly? I cried more happy tears than I can count. Because every single thing she got to experience this weekend happened because she survived.

That thought never leaves me.

There was a time where my world stopped. A time where I sat in hospital rooms terrified of what tomorrow would look like. A time where “normal life” felt so far away. So to stand there this weekend watching my little girl smile, laugh, be celebrated, and just get to be a kid again..it hit me in the deepest part of my heart.

I am so proud of my warrior. So proud of the little girl who keeps pushing forward no matter what life has thrown at her. She has been through more than most adults could ever handle and somehow she still carries so much light with her everywhere she goes.

I’ll never stop being grateful for the people in our corner either. The love people continue to show Brynlee and our family is something I could never properly put into words. The support has never stopped and neither has the love, and I hope people truly know how much that means to us.

This weekend gave us memories I’ll hold onto forever. The kind that make you pause for a second and realize just how far your child has come.

Thank you to the photographer at the game for capturing this picture of Brynlee & I. I already know it’ll be one of my favorite photos forever. 🩷

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