Within days of Mathew’s admission to Moffitt, love, and support from so many people started pouring in. Throughout the year, it continues, and since our world is filled with diverse situations and people, this support reflects those differences. My family is Catholic, so my Mom and Dad brought in prayer cards. A dear friend of my sister, his Mother, sent A Special Healing Gift. Mathew was enrolled in the League of Saint Anthony to be remembered in daily masses and prayers. Tibetan Nuns on the other side of the world were praying for him. Soon a small table was set up with these gifts and cards, eventually, it would become a healing altar. Many faiths were represented on this alter and Mathew felt so blessed that so many people held him in their thoughts and prayers. I was reminded during this time, what I had learned many years ago, that prayer is an action word. James 2:14-26 “ 17 So faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead.” *** **...
A Journey through Sarcoma is a chronicle of my son's journey through Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Sarcoma. It is intended to educate and inspire by using Mathew’s thoughts and feelings, dreams and fears through a variety of mediums; art, music and writing. Sarcomas are the rarest cancers and predominantly affect the young. This is the story of Sarcoma.