Sir Anne Marie the Amazing
(Our Lady of atma)

Sir Anne Marie is going into the 8th grade & will be 13 on 8/2 . She’s fairly mature for her age & loves to hang out with her sister (Julie is 16) and her friends. Friends are very important to her. She would tell you that she’s not the “cheerleader” type. She loves going to the beach & is a pretty good swimmer. She plays tennis & hopes to be on the high school tennis team in another year or two. She loves music and watching movies and going to school dances. “Notebook” is one of her favorite movies & Nickelback’s song “Photograph” is also one of her favorites. Of course, she loves Aerosmith too! Anne Marie and her family go on summer vacations to Cape Breton, Nova Scotia & she loves that. They’ll be going again next year.

We are excited that Sir Anne Marie lives near The Magical Moon Farm in Marshfield, Massachusetts. We'll get to see her more than some of our knights who live farther away.

Anne Marie has a rare form of cancer called Burkitt’s Lymphoma. We keep her in our thoughts and prayers as she gets stronger and more resilient.

Love, Donna,
Sir Luca’s Royal mum, Megan, Mary Fagic, Sunshine Patty, Richard the Lion Hearted, Sir Alison the Awesome, Hugs, and the rest of the Moon Army
 

Love, the Magical Moon Army

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April 20, 2006

Hello My Friends,

Hope all is well in the Magical Kingdom these days. I can imagine how busy you all have been.

Hope your holiday was a blessed one, as for us all is well... getting ready for graduation, another stepping stone for my little girl. I'm so proud of her, every year that goes by is another year of life that she is breathing in. She is definitely growing up into a beautiful young lady and to top it all she's also very bright.

She was accepted into a pre-med program in high school, she'll be starting in September with God's blessing. As for myself I graduated last month as CNA "Certified Nurse Assistant", Hopefully I'll be working in a hospital by the end of the year, those are my intentions.

Stephanie has been very busy with school. She would like to take trip to see you this summer, this is something I would like to plan for her.

Well this is all for now, I'm at work and I took a moment out to write, when I'm home I have no time for anything..... Where does the time go?

Hope to hear from you guys soon. God Bless.

Love,
Maddy

Hi, my name is Stephanie Torres. I am 13 years old and I am a cancer survivor. I was diagnosed with Wilms Tumor on September of 1994. I fought a long hard battle with physical and emotional pain. During the strong battle, there were many complications. But through the help of God, I fought for a second chance.

Because of my strong faith in God, I have never doubted him. My Mom always says that I have a purpose in life, my life was spared because there is something on this Earth I have to do.

Sir Stephanie the Strong is here to pave the way for her fellow knights to follow her lead. She holds her sword up high and shouts with all of her might," Nothing is as strong as the love in my heart!" "I can do anything with God's help!"

Her brave spirit is an inspiration to all of us. Sir Stephanie you're destiny is already playing out in how you've handled this challenge. It's all about focusing on the positive...

Keep reaching out to your fellow knights, to give them hope.

God Bless your beautiful resilient spirit!

Love always,
Donna Green and your army at the Magical Moon Farm.

Dear, Donna

P.S. Attached is the last picture I took of my sister Sharla before she went in for brain surgery and was forever changed. I developed it myself in the darkroom of my college photography class back in '96. It hung above her hospital bed for months. She was unrecognizable with her head shaved and her face all bruised and covered in wraps. My mom thought it important for the nurses and doctors to see what she used to look like, so to treat her like a real person.

And I couldn't help but throw in 2 photos I took of my adorable brother, Christopher. My parents adopted him when he was 2 months old. Best thing they ever did!

She's in the battle fighting ALL Leukemia creatures. We know that it's just a matter of time before she'll raise her spaghetti fork high and claim her kingdom free of all the annoying little things!

We love you Sir Darian and we stand steadfast behind you always.

Love,
The Magical Moon Army

Sir Michael loves the sunshine and so the Velveteen Rabbit dubbed him Knight of Sunshine in honor of everything bright in his life and gave him his very own sunny kingdom!

He is a fellow anam cara (Celtic phrase for soul friend) of Sir Maverick the Brave Knight of the Magical Moon and Sir Luke the Lovable, also a Knight of the Magical Moon Kingdom.

Tanya , River, and Mercy are a few of the main characters in Donna Green's newest book, Knights of the Magical Moon, soon to be published.
 

Hello friends, family and aquaintances,

As some of you know our family has been participating in the annual walk for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society for the past 6 years and have always managed to raise a sizeable amount thanks to all of you. However, this year Brian and I have decided to put forth all of our energy into something a bit different that we feel deeply passionate about. It's called The Magical Moon Foundation. This foundation was started a little over a year ago by an amazing woman named Donna Green. Donna is a well known artist and author of children's books who lives in Massachusetts, and for the past couple of years she has devoted her time, energy and money into creating a package specifically for children and their families battling cancer. Part of this package consists of a book written by Donna called "Knights of the Magical Moon" . It's the child's own personal story of becoming a knight to fight off the cancer. Her goal is simple yet one from the heart. It is to be able to send these packages free of charge to every child living in the world of cancer today. Unfortunately, money doesn't fall from the sky and that's why we are calling for your help. We encourage you to become a member of the Magical Moon foundation by donating what you can and also by spreading the word to all of your friends and family about the foundation.

Donna has given our son the honor of being "Sir River Sage, First Knight of the Magical Moon"! Please keep this email going as cancer strikes hard and fast and we have no time to waste. These children need this gift and you can help.

Thank you.... Peace, Love and Health to all....
The Dunn family, Tanya, Brian, River and Mercy

P.S. For those of you not familiar with us, I have attached our story..... (please see below)

My name is Tanya Dunn. I am 38 years old, I have a wonderful husband Brian, and we are the proud parents of two beautiful children!

Our son, River Sage, was born on July 23, 1997. He spoke his first word at 8 months, took his first steps at 11 months, and first learned about cancer at 21/2 when his mother was diagnosed with Hodgkins Disease.

Our daughter, Mercy Rain,was born on October 26, 2001. She spoke her first word at 7months, took her first steps at 11months and first learned about cancer at 15 months when her big brother was diagnosed with Leukemia.

And this is the story of the Dunn family...

After experiencing symptoms for nearly a year and a half, it wasn’t until I discovered a large lump on my neck that I began to suspect the worst. A biopsy was performed and the results came back showing that I had stage II Hodgkin’s Disease. My treatment lasted through the Spring and Summer of 2000. Brian and River were right beside me the entire way.

The toughest part of my whole ordeal was the effect that it was going to have on my little boy. River accompanied me to all of my doctor’s appointments, lab procedures and chemo treatments. In fact, all the nurses, doctors, and hospital staff got to know and adore him. And, although he was very young, he understood more than most kids his age. He knew that his Mama was sick with cancer . He knew that the yucky medicine was making her get better. And he knew that the reason why he went to his grandparents on the weekends was because Daddy had to work and that Mama’s medicine made her sleepy. What he didn’t know was that 3 years from this point he would be dealing with this stuff all over again.

It was during the fall of 2003 when River started not feeling well. He was often extremely lethargic and pale, and sometimes complained of leg pain. He also developed odd skin rashes on various parts of his body . We started to worry that all of this was really a bit more than a virus, or growing pains , or eczema , but quickly dismissed those fears when doctors reassured us that there wasn’t anything major going on. After all, the chances of this happening to our family twice was pretty slim (so we all thought).

It wasn’t until I discovered a lump on his groin that I knew for sure that our little boy was in trouble. Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia was the diagnosis, and he spent the Winter in Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital at Maine Medical Center in Portland undergoing chemotherapy. Unfortunately, the cancer wasn’t responding to the treatment so we had to quickly move towards a bone marrow transplant and immediately started trying to locate donors. We were very disheartened to discover that neither myself, Brian or Mercy was a match. Fortunately, it didn’t take long to locate a complete match through the National Marrow Donor Program. From there we headed to Boston where we spent the Spring and part of the Summer between Boston Children’s Hospital and The Ronald McDonald House for the transplant . We all remained right by River’s side as he fought his battle and eventually won!

As for the effect this had on Mercy, she understood more than most toddlers her age. She knew that her big brother was sick with cancer. She knew that his yucky medicine that made him throw up was really making the cancer go away. And she knew the reason why we were living with a lot of people in a big house in Boston was so that our family could all be together to help River get better.

River and I are both survivors in the world of cancer. And although our family now stands on the outside looking in, we fight with the same energy, strength, and honor for all the brave souls inside.

Maeve has a tumor (astrocytoma) in her spinal cord, but with treatment at NEMC Floating Hospital for Children, family, friends, and FAITH, she is unstoppable.

She is sassy and smart and knows that anything is possible, if you just BELIEVE.

Thank you to the MMF for giving Sir Maeve another family through which to give and receive support in the battle against childhood cancer.

We wish you the best in seeing this project to fruition and please let us know of your next fundraising effort.

Sincerely,
Sir Cayden The Courageous' Royal Mum, Alanna