My good friend, Michelle, who owns AMM has the most beautiful daughter I've seen. This strong, little girl and her family have had a long and tough year. Here are some more details in Michelle's own words:

As you probably already know, my daughter was diagnosed with Leukemia (ALL) last November at the age of 4. She and my family have been through a really rough last 7 months. She has been in the hospital numerous times, she has been really sick, angry, on all kinds of nasty drugs that have increased her apetite, had her physically acting out, had her in bed for weeks, left her with no emotion but sadness and a sense of joylessness. She was taken out of preschool and because of her illness we were unable to put our 3 year old son in preschool. The doctors worried that the kids would get sick in school and Chloe would end up in the hospital again. However, today, she went for her weekly doctor's visit and her blood count was at a safe level and she was given the go ahead to begin the next phase of her treatment, which is called "Maintenance." In maintenance, her blood count levels stay significantly higher than they are when she was undergoing the intense treatment that she has been receiving in the first 7 months of her treatment. She will be able to begin Kindergarten and Daniel will be able to start Pre-school. We are really excited! Chloe will have a bone marrow test on Monday and then she will officially begin her first "course" of Maintenance, which will go on for the next 2 years.

In celebration of Chloe's milestone, I wanted to give-away some goodies for you. Here's the catch ~ Please post here a photo that brings you joy when you look at it. I will pick a random winner on Monday, June 30th.

Here is a photo that I love of Chloe that I took at Easter:


And here's the prize:



click here to participate. I cannot tell you how happy this news makes me. I love you Michelle and I am so happy.