Keith and Brooke Desseric were saddened to learn the news that no parent should hear: Elena, their 6-year-old daughter, had been diagnosed with cancer just days before her birthday. The brain is inoperable. Only nine months were allotted to him.
Elena’s parents tried everything they could to hide her from learning about her tragic fate, but the little girl was knowledgeable beyond her years. She seemed to grasp what she was going through as the treatment continued and that she would go to heaven.
You should also be aware of Elena, who was a very creative and artistic child who constantly expressed herself through art and writing. During her 9-month struggle with cancer, she accomplished something that would astound her family.
Elena hid tiny notes for her parents throughout the home so that they could locate them after she died. It was her method of assisting them in overcoming their grief.
The child drew all kinds of things on whatever paper she could find; on some, she simply wrote “I love you,” while on others, she drew a single symbol: the heart, her favorite symbol. He hid all of the tickets between the pages of the books, with the exception of a few that he kept in his sock drawer. There were some tickets that were quite detailed and inspiring in addition to the simple ones.
Elena didn’t forget about her younger sister, Gracie, and wrote her some special tickets to help her get ready for kindergarten.
Elena Desserich died in August 2007 after a long illness. After a few days, the family began to find her tickets all over the place and decided to do something extraordinary with them: they decided to put them in a book so that Elena could become an inspiration to the rest of the world. whole!
This is the book’s presentation video:
Don’t forget to tell others about Elena’s story so that her life and happiness are not wasted!