Meet Our Moms

Dionna is a single mom and has a teenage son. Her son referred her to Ally’s Wish. He wants his mom to have a vacation so she can relax and enjoy herself. She was diagnosed with Stage IV Metastatic Breast Cancer that has spread to her bones and liver. She continues with treatment and gets help...

Karen is 41 years old and has been married for eighteen years to her husband Roger and they have two children, Madelyn 17 and Blaine 12. In April 2016 she was diagnosed with stage four colon cancer that has now metastasized into her lungs and my lymph nodes. Her wish is to swim with the dolphins...

Roberta was diagnosed in 2008 with Stage II breast cancer when her son was 13 months old. She was 31. After the diagnosis, all she was focused on was having more children. She was very lucky to one healthy little boy, but her family did not feel complete. After 4 years and new research, her new...

In October 2015, Jackie was diagnosed with stage 4 Metastatic Breast Cancer. It has spread to her lymph nodes, and she is her2 postive. After more scans it has spread to her bones also, and she continues to take chemo. She is 51 years old and had 3 teenagers. Her children have not been on an...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...