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Posted on 11/28/2008 10:00:50 AM PST by Publius804
Brenden Foster: 'I had a great time'
BOTHELL, Wash. -- The day I met Brenden Foster, I met an old soul in an 11 year old's body.
"I should be gone in a week or so," he said calmly.
When I asked him what he thought were the best things in life, Brenden said, "Just having one."
I didn't understand how this child, who was a year younger than my own son, could be so courageous facing death.
"It happens. It's natural," Brenden told me.
Three years ago, doctors diagnosed Brenden with leukemia. The boy who once rushed through homework so he could play outside found himself confined to a bed. But there was no confining his spirit.
"I had a great time. And until my time comes, I'm going to keep having a great time," he said.
Brenden's selfless dying wish was to help the homeless.
"They're probably starving, so give'em a chance," he said, "food and water."
But Brenden was too ill to feed them on his own. So volunteers from Emerald City Lights Bike Ride passed out some 200 sandwiches to the homeless in Seattle.
Then Brenden's last wish took on a life of its own.
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What a great kid. It is so sad to see the good ones die so young while evil is left to flourish. I will pray for the B Man.
My wife took care of this kid in the ICU
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Give her a big hug for me. I’ve had a child in ICU before - people like your wife absolutely amaze me.
Humbling, very humbling..
A kid in Victorville, CA did a feed-the-homeless thing in memory of Brenden Foster.
It makes you wonder doesn't it?
We just had two seven/eight year old boys here locally, die from cancer. They were the best of friends.
Yes, it does make me wonder.
Please thank your wife for all of us. It takes heart to serve as she does. And may the B-man rest in Peace.
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