Posted on 07/27/2019 6:11:50 PM PDT by USAF1985
This is a story about how a lemonade stand created from tragedy had a sweet ending.
After his father died of colon cancer, a 6-year-old in Colorado opened a lemonade stand to raise money to take his mom on a date and to help fund research.
“My dad and I came up with the idea of a lemonade stand to take my mom on a date because I didn’t have enough money and I wanted to pay, so I did it,” Brady Campbell told Fox31 in Denver. He decided to charge 25 cents or “best offer.” A police officer noticed a crowd had gathered and the officer alerted other first responders.
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What an outstanding young man.
Trump should invite him and his mother to the WH
and thank you. Beats the heck out of another “Baltimore is a sh*thole” thread. :).
My Mother and Daddy lived to 85 and 90 but it still really hurt to lose them. I am not sure I could have taken losing one at age six.
My dad was an awesome guy. Funny, affable, down-to-earth, just overall great.
He got colon cancer. Beat it. Then he got thyroid cancer. Beat it.
Lasted 15 years into his 70s after the cancers and ended-up dying of a blood infection.
I affectionately called him my ‘canary in the coalmine’.
Being from West Virginia - it fit.
What a sweetheart little guy, I hope he raises lots of money.
I can relate, I lost my dad to lung cancer three months shy of his 90th birthday. He survived WWII and a motorcycle accident that left him partially paralyzed in 1948, five years before I was born.
Exactly the same with my dad. And mom a year later...
Awesome kid....Dad, rest in peace, you done well....
That’s amazing. During the last year of his life I was convinced that whatever was doing him in was nothing compared to the cancers. The docs couldn’t figure it out for the longest time.
I had been laid-off and was out up and down the East Coast doing interviews trying to land work as a mid-50s techie.
My sister called me in late November of 2014 telling me the end was near. Given his past, I refused to believe it.
Then he was gone.
I regret not going back before he died but the one thing my dad insisted upon was a strong work ethic. He knew what I was doing and even though I wasn’t there I was comforted by the fact he approved what I was doing.
Yep. Sniff... A sweet and loving heart. I hope mom does right by him and ensures he gets the upbringing he deserves.
My screen is blurry
Lasted 15 years into his 70s after the cancers and ended-up dying of a blood infection.
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My wife passed away 9 months ago today of a blood infection at age 65.
She had been taking injections of Humira once a week for over 1 year and yes there is a connection.
All...my apologies if this post opened old wounds - that was not my intention (my father was shot in 1991). Just thought I’d start posting occasional “feel good” stories to alleviate the tension every now and then. When I was a law enforcement specialist, I was attending a homicide investigation conference. The DoD Chief Medical Examiner would would cycle through his slides, and then every fifth slide or so, would be a picture of a flower, forest, puppy, etc to break the dark mood. I’m going to be “that guy” and do a wholesome post every now and then...just to lighten things up.
Wait until the IRS hears about this. The kid will owe ten times what he made in back taxes and penalties.
I didn’t take it that way at all.
Thank you for posting the story :)
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