Meet Our Moms

Sarah was diagnosed with Stage 4 Breast Cancer in April 2016. It has spread quickly to her lymph nodes, vertebrae, lungs and also her brain. She is married and has 3 young children. She continues to fight each day. Her wish is to travel with her family to Hawaii. They will make wonderful memories in September of 2016. Thank you to our sponsor Pacific Beach Hotel for their wonderful stay in Hawaii.

Sonia was diagnosed with Breast Cancer (Triple Negative Invasive Ductile Carcinoma) at the age of 40 in 2011. She had a bilateral mastectomy, with reconstruction, and underwent 8 rounds of chemo. Sonia was healthy for 3 1/2 years. Sonia was diagnosed with Stage IV metastatic disease, 8 nodules in her lungs, January 2015. Sonia underwent 12 rounds of chemo to survive metastatic BREAST cancer in her lungs. Once again Sonia is battling for her life, April 8th, 2016, Sonia was told her breast cancer traveled to the her pones of her brain, and has caused a lesion on the left side of the pones leaving her right side partially paralyzed/frozen, not working. Sonia also has two lesions on the front of her brain. Sonia is also battling metastatic bone cancer on her right ribs and left femur.
Her wish was to take her family to a nice dinner in downtown Fort Worth. They spent the weekend at the Renaissance, eating out, shopping and a carriage ride. We had wonderful sponsors who made this a great weekend for them. Thank you to The Worthington Renaissance, Capital Grille, My Private Driver and Cotton Crop Photography for capturing some of these moments.

Amanda is 33 years old and has been married to her husband Andrew for almost 10 years. They have 2 amazing girls. Kenley is 6 and just finished kindergarten and Karly just turned 3. Her current goal is to live long enough to see Karly go to kindergarten.

In 2013, she was diagnosed with breast cancer while she was pregnant with our daughter Karly. In January of 2015 they found out it had metastasized to her lung. Since January of 2015, she has had one lung biopsy, one lung surgery, been on 3 different chemo regimens and one immune therapy trial. She is currently taking chemo.

Her wish is to travel to Florida this summer and spend time on the beach with family. Her wish will be granted at the beginning of August 2016.

Mary is married to a wonderful husband and has three beautiful children ages 14, 12, and 9. She first diagnosed with breast cancer almost four years ago. In the past year and a half, it has metastasized twice to several areas of her body and is terminal. She is currently taking chemo. As a result of her health, she had to step down from her fourth grade teaching position.

Her wish was to take her family to Disney World for a few days and then drive down to the beach and spend it with family. She took her family to Disney in June of 2016.

Alexis grew up in Grapevine, Texas and married her husband Ryan in 2003. They are an active duty Air Force family so they have lived in Louisiana, England, Australia, and Colorado before returning to Texas in 2014 when she found out her breast cancer was now stage IV. She was initially diagnosed with breast cancer in 3/2013 after having our third son. He was almost three months old when she learned that she had breast cancer. Her big boys were 7, and 3. She went through all the chemo, radiation, double mastectomy and reconstruction and discovered the cancer was back and in her abdomen in May 2014. They got a special request granted by the Air Force to move closer to family in San Antonio. Surgery confirmed it was the same cancer that had spread- Metastatic or stage IV cancer. A terminal diagnosis.

Lexi’s wish is to take her family to Disney World and Universal Studies. They will travel in August of 2016.

Jenny is 32 years old and is married with 2 boys age 3 and 7 years old. She was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer. She has gone through chemo, radiation and a double mastectomy. Six months later she was told that she was stage IV Metastatic Breast cancer that has spread to her chest, diaphragm and lymph nodes. She now has brain mets. She tells her story on a youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/Coopdizzle

Her wish is to take her 2 boys whale watching in California and to experience Disney Land. They will make their trip in July of 2016.

Liz is a 36 year old wife and mother. She has been married to Evan for 10 years and has a beautiful 4 year old son, Will. She received her PhD in 2010 and moved to Waco to pursue her professional dream as college faculty at Baylor University.

Liz was in the seventh month of her pregnancy when she first noted a breast lump which her doctor attributed to pregnancy changes. Valentine’s Day of 2012 was her happiest day when Will was born. Seven months later her life was shattered with the diagnosis of Stage 4 breast cancer, with metastatic lesions in her liver and lungs. She has faced bilateral mastectomies(10/10/12), three different chemotherapy regimens and multiple medical procedures with courage and conviction. She has had 7 metastatic lesions in her brain and has undergone stereotactic (gamma knife) brain surgery twice.

Liz’s wish was to take her son to Disney World and to make memories there with her family. They went to Disney in June of 2016.

Tanya is originally from San Angelo, Texas. Tanya and Brian have a daughter named Paige. She is in fourth grade this year. Last year, Tanya was diagnosed with glioblastoma. She had surgery to remove the tumor and treatment following that. Recently, she found out that she has an aggressive tumor on her brain stem. This has affected her vision, mobility, and ability to work. Tanya was recently featured on the NBC news. http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/health/Keller-Mom-Battling-Cancer-Prepares-For-Wish-To-Be-Answered–377504971.html 

Her wish was to take her daughter to Nashville. They love music and got to attend the CMA Festival while they were there in June 2016.

Avery (at age 38) was originally diagnosed with stage IV HER2+ breast cancer in Jan. 2014. Things were going well and there was no evidence of this disease until this March 2016 (at age 40) when she was diagnosed with brain metastasis. The news was devastating and heartbreaking. She’ll continue on her Herceptin from the neck down and has completed a craniotomy for one trpublesome brain lesion. Avery is a wife to Ben and mother to 4 yr old Corrine. Her hopes include celebrating her upcoming 41st birthday, 6th wedding anniversary and 4th mother’s day in May 2016, to be around to see her daughter, Corrine enter Kindergarten in October 2017.
Her wish was to take her family on a Disney cruise. Her wish was granted in May of 2016. 

Kelly is 34 years old and a dedicated wife and mother of 3 & 6 year old girls. She is originally from Oklahoma but her husband’s job took them to Wisconsin in 2014. She was a long way from her family when she received a diagnosis of Stage 4 adrenal cancer in October of the same year. Adrenal cancer is extremely rare and occurs on the adrenal gland, which is attached to the kidney.  You can read more about her journey on her blog: https://warriorshamrock.wordpress.com

Her wish was to take her family on a vacation. In February 2016 they traveled to the Bahamas.

July 12, 1980 – May 25, 2016 (Age 35)

Heather and Tom have two beautiful children, Vincent (12) and Caroline (7). Heather hasn’t worked for 3 years and is on disability, and Tom is a Chef and consultant. Heather has had Stage IV breast cancer for 5 1/2 years with brain mets, starting at age 37. 2015 brought much uncertainty with brain cancer. In April she underwent a craniotomy and another round of radiation, and due to swelling and necrosis in her head doctors are administering another round of steroids.

Heather’s wish is to travel to the west coast and take her family to California. They will get to spend time with family and take their kids to Disney Land in January 2016.

Isabel is 34 years old and has 4 children.  She has a 15 year old son, a 9 year old son, a 3 year old son, and a 1 year old daughter. Isabel is very close with her family and she remains strong, brave and optimistic even with a few months to live. Isabel was diagnosed July 7, 2015 with colon cancer. She was admitted onto hospice care in January and was told there was no further treatment available.

Her wish was to travel to the Dominican Republic to see family. However, she was unable to travel so Ally’s Wish flew her aunt to the United States to spend time with family.

1982–February 15, 2016