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« on: October 28, 2009, 10:53:29 am »

CINCINNATI -- Brooke and Keith Desserich say they never intended to write a book about their daughter.

It started as a parent's personal journal to their younger daughter Gracie, so she would be able to remember her 6-year-old sister, Elena, who was diagnosed with pediatric brain cancer.

"They told us at the very beginning that she had 135 days to live," Keith Desserich said.

Though her parents didn't want her to know the severity of her cancer, they feel that she must have known what was happening. The tumor slowly took away her ability to talk.

But Elena was still able to write.

"That was her way to letting us know everything would be OK," Brooke Desserich said.

After Elena passed away, her parents discovered that their daughter had left a message behind for them -- a lot of messages, actually.

"We started to pull out notes and they would be in between CDs or between books on our bookshelf," Keith Desserich said.

Then the couple started finding them everywhere.

"We started to collect them and they would all say 'I love you Mom, Dad and Grace.' We kept finding them, and still to this day, we keep finding them," Keith Desserich said. "Literally, there are hundreds of notes that we found."

Elena’s parents each hold onto a sealed note they've never opened.

"We always want to know that there’s one more note that we haven't read yet," Keith Desserich said.

The Desserich family initially didn’t want the story published, but in the end, they decided they would if all the money went to their cancer foundation, The Cure Starts Now, dedicated to finding "home run" cures for all cancers.

The book went on sale Tuesday.

Hundreds of people attended a book signing Tuesday night at Joseph Beth Book Store in Rookwood. Another book signing was planned for Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Barnes and Noble in Kenwood.

The book is also available online for purchase.


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« Reply #1 on: October 28, 2009, 12:56:43 pm »


I will not cry at work.  I will not cry at work.  I will not cry at work.

I'll cry for you.  cry
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« Reply #2 on: October 28, 2009, 02:42:08 pm »

You two are pussies.

Really, though, how sweet to be able to find little love notes from your child who has passed.  cry
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« Reply #3 on: October 28, 2009, 06:14:23 pm »

Really, though, how sweet to be able to find little love notes from your child who has passed.  cry

I think so, too, even though it would probably be painful at the same time. She was a really adorable little girl, and it's so sweet that at that age, she figured out a way to help her family after her death.

I wonder if there will ever come a day when the parents open those sealed notes?

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« Reply #4 on: October 29, 2009, 01:02:20 pm »


 I find it amazing that a lot of kids who are faced with dying so young tend to possess an incredible level of maturity and calmness that few adults even have. To have the wherewithal to write hundreds of little notes and take the time to carefully place them in the most random and nondescript of places to me shows a kind of otherworldly serenity and forethought. As if to say, "Yeah, I'm keepin an eye on you."
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« Reply #5 on: October 29, 2009, 01:05:00 pm »

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« Reply #6 on: October 29, 2009, 01:12:45 pm »

RIP Elena  angel
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« Reply #7 on: November 03, 2009, 10:52:16 pm »

What a beautiful, thoughtful girl.
RIP Elena
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« Reply #8 on: November 06, 2009, 04:40:33 am »

That's really cute. The article was in the Norwegian newspaper today, with this picture of her and her mom.

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« Reply #9 on: November 06, 2009, 08:17:13 pm »

I saw this book today and was going to buy it. But I didn't. Maybe next time.
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« Reply #10 on: November 06, 2009, 10:01:35 pm »

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« Reply #11 on: November 06, 2009, 11:19:23 pm »

That's really cute. The article was in the Norwegian newspaper today, with this picture of her and her mom.




Wow, those eyes are just stunning.

I find it amazing that a lot of kids who are faced with dying so young tend to possess an incredible level of maturity and calmness that few adults even have. To have the wherewithal to write hundreds of little notes and take the time to carefully place them in the most random and nondescript of places to me shows a kind of otherworldly serenity and forethought. As if to say, "Yeah, I'm keepin an eye on you."

There is nothing that I could add to this. You said it all so well.
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« Reply #12 on: November 07, 2009, 12:40:21 pm »

  cry cry cry I hit the wrong one posting too tired.
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« Reply #13 on: November 07, 2009, 05:48:27 pm »

Some pages to browse here.  cry



http://browseinside.harpercollins.com/index.aspx?isbn13=9780061886393
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« Reply #14 on: November 07, 2009, 07:14:16 pm »

 cry  I just read the 'look inside' on Harper's website and I was crying before I made it past the intro.  I want to read this, but then again I don't.
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« Reply #15 on: November 10, 2009, 01:01:12 pm »

I'm totally getting this, possibly tonight.
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« Reply #16 on: November 11, 2009, 06:24:55 pm »

Purchased. Reading it.
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« Reply #17 on: November 11, 2009, 06:30:20 pm »

cheesy

What's so funny?



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« Reply #18 on: November 11, 2009, 06:32:28 pm »

What's so funny?
I think she thought Just Me's comment about almost buying it but then not was funny. Not sure why though. But I dont think she was laughing at the little girl that died of cancer.
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« Reply #19 on: November 11, 2009, 06:35:01 pm »

What's so funny?

I thought he used that smiley by mistake because if you look up a few posts


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