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McKenna...our angel in Heaven.
Our hearts are forever broken by the loss of our sweet little princess, McKenna Dane' Johnson
October 29, 1997 - November 27, 2007
She has left us with 10 years of beautiful memories, filled with love and laughter. We miss you Boo Boo McFoo! Be good and "Don't forget to remember me!" (one of her favorite songs!)
McKenna's journey with Lymphoma is chronicled in this journal and her Story is pasted into a journal entry for February 1, 2008.
Please support your local Leukemia and Lymphoma Society chapters. They give hope to thousands as they continue to seek a cure for these devastating diseases.
THANK YOU FOR DONATING TO THE MILES FOR MCKENNA TEAM IN TRAINING over the last 3 years!!
Our team of 7 girls raised over 28K in 2008 and our team of 10 raised over 39K in 2009. In 2010 our team grew even bigger and we surpassed over $100,000 raised for The LLS!!! With all the other TNT'ers we have raised MILLIONS of dollars for The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society! We ROCKED and finished the Rock N Roll 1/2 Marathon in San Diego on June 1, 2008, the Rock N Roll 1/2 Marathon in Seattle on June 27, 2009 and the Rock N Roll 1/2 Marathon on June 6, 2010. We'll be doing it again on Sunday, June 5, 2011!!!
McKenna, I hope you are proud of our efforts! We will continue your fight unti we have raised over 1 million dollars or until we can no longer walk, run or bike. You are forever in our hearts!!!
Journal
Friday, October 29, 2010 9:03 PM CDT Sweet McKenna,
You'd be 13 today. A Teenager in 7th Grade! I remember myself in 7th grade like it was yesterday and I so wish you could have experienced it for yourself. School, football games, dances, friends, boys...etc....there's so much you didn't get to do. I'm so sorry. :(
You know how much I miss you and think of you. I still cry myself to sleep some nights and wake in the middle of the night thinking of you. I relive the moments you suffered..over and over and over again. I still can't understand why it was you who had to suffer and not me? Why couldn't I have been the one to have cancer? Why couldn't it have been me who went to Heaven first? Why couldn't I protect you and make you better?
I wish you were here with us. Daddy misses you so much. You were "his" girl. You were the one he loved to tease and torment with "I'm gonna' lick your pillow!" or "I'm going to fart on your pillow!" etc. He drove you absolutely crazy! But you loved his attention and teasing. He cried like a baby at your grave today. He misses you...more than you will ever know. And guess what? Emmie licked his pillow today! Yes she did! Every time she gets up on our bed, she goes right to Daddy's pillow and sprawls in front of it and licks his pillow until there is a big wet spot! I know you are laughing in Heaven each time she does it. I usually stop her from doing it but today, on your birthday, I let her go to town! She licked and licked and licked! I was smiling through my tears. :)
I hope you are proud of us for all that we are doing to help find a cure for cancer. I wish we could do more than we are already doing...I wish we had millions of dollars to donate..because we would. We will always do everything we can to find a cure so that other kids can be cured. I know you'd do the same if you were here. You used to say, "Cancer Sucks", when you had to go to chemo or radiation, instead of being able to go out and play or ride your bike. I agreed with you every time saying "Yeah. Cancer does suck!" In my dreams...cancer will be cured. Children will not die...or suffer like you did. I promise you sweet Kenna...I will do all I can.
I love you and miss you so much McKenna. I can't wait to hug and kiss you when I get there. Thank you for all the beautiful PINK sunrises and sunsets! You are in every beautiful thought and memory I have. You are in all the tears that fall from my eyes and in every smile that smile....forever!!! I love you
Love,
Mom
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