SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY STARTING TODAY, MARCH 1ST: All Team Summer donations of $19 or more (19 is Summer’s favorite number) during the month of March will not only get a Team Summer wristband- but a SIGNED wristband by Summer Dale! Opportunity begins at midnight. Just CLICK HERE to make your tax deductible donation via PayPal or…
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Posted by Lynne Dale, Summer’s mom. This morning was tough on Summer. She had had a dream that she was back at her high school and all her friends were welcoming her. To wake up and realize that she was still in Houston, facing another day of physical therapy and radiation was tough. We barely…
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A year ago, 20-year-old Lacey had it all. A dance scholarship to college… …and the beginnings of a career in modeling. Then her left leg starting hurting. She thought it was just a pulled muscle, something dancers feel all the time. But the pain didn’t go away. And then it started hurting more. She was stunned…
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Today took courage. It was the day Summer decided to let herself be photographed bald. It certainly helped that the woman behind the lens was Brenda Richterkessing. Summer knows her well and trusts her. Before Summer was diagnosed, she took photography lessons from Brenda and even modeled some for her. Truth is, Summer never really…
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This is Josiah. He is 2 1/2 years old. When we met him, he had just been diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a cancer that forms in nerve tissue. We learned that his mother had already been incapacitated by a serious illness and his grandmother was struggling to pick up the pieces. She told us that Josiah…
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Sarah is 11 years old, and Summer met her in the cancer clinic waiting room. Summer was immediately struck by the unfairness of someone that young having to deal with cancer. Then she learned that this was Sarah’s second bout with the disease – the first when she was just eight years old. Sarah was…
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After Summer’s second round of chemo, her hair started falling out in chunks. It’s been really hard for her to see hair all over her pillow in the morning. At first, a short hair cut seemed like the answer. But that cute look didn’t last long; her hair started coming out by the handful. So Summer…
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