We miss you more than ever Maggie Schmidt.
April 19, 2000 - June 1, 2017
Today, Friday May 29th should be our third Angelversary gala honoring your life.
Rain is in the forecast, which always feels like a sign from you.
“Maggie - you always loved the rain.
Especially a good thunderstorm. You’d be the first to jump outside to dance in it. We’ll be thinking of you today as we do everyday. Send us a good thunderstorm.”
Your foundation - Maggie’s Mission, was started because of your dying wish to help save other children. Together with Memorial Sloan Kettering, we have worked furiously to find cures using your actual tumors samples and others to find rational therapies which can help save lives.
Ironically, the cancer that killed you, strikes babies and children. It’s a strange twist of fate because everyone that knew you, knew how much you loved babies and children. In any family gathering, we knew where to find you - playing, guiding, holding, and laughing with children.
As a pediatric cancer organization, we’ve seen many innocent lives lost to this cancer. Families forever changed and heartbroken, like ours.
When the scary outbreak of a Covid-19 came crashing into our lives and changed the way we live, fundraising for our foundation had to be placed on temporary hold. Despite that, we will continue to dedicate ourselves towards finding cures. You and all of the other children affected will not have died in vain Maggie! That’s our promise to you.
This weekend we honor your fierce spirit. We love you Maggie and we will never forget you. Our bravest angel.
