Notes Left Behind:  135 Days with Elena

Imagine waking up every morning and experiencing the sensation of losing the use of another finger, toe or limb at a pace that shuts down your entire body within weeks.  First you lose your ability to speak, next you lose your eyesight, until finally, paralysis takes over. Imagine it is terminal with virtually no chance of a cure and you have 135 days to live. Your mind remains fully intact, fully aware. You are locked in your body, alone in your thoughts. Now imagine you are six-years-old.

 

This is the true story of a girl named Elena and her battle against cancer. In her last days she showed a community how to love and how to live. Written through the eyes of her parents as a remembrance for her younger sister, her daily story tells one of humility and inspiration as she lives each day, one at a time. In her short time she painted a masterpiece that would hang in an art museum, she accomplished a truly spectacular series of wishes that she alone created and she inspired a cause that remains today to help children everywhere in their fight against brain cancer.

 

 

Comments About "Notes Left Behind"

 

"Elena has left behind a story of resilience, hope and most of all, love.  We can't

help but take her into our hearts, and carry the best of her into our own lives."

Jeffrey Zaslow, Co-Author, The Last Lecture

 

"It is amazing what a six-year-old can teach -- a life obviously too short, but a

legacy all of us can appreciate."

ABC's Good Morning America

 

"My heart goes out to them...but I have to admire the way they were able to

teach Elena to see her life as joyful, and not as a tragedy. They really

are inspiring parents."

 Susan Wagner, AOL Living

 

 

Read Elena's story.  Click here to purchase Notes Left Behind (288 pages, softbound).

Proceeds of book sales donated to The Cure Starts Now Foundation for Cancer Research

 

Also Available at Barnes and Noble Booksellers, Amazon.com and other retailers.

 

 

News Stories Featuring Notes Left Behind

America Online, AOL.com, December 30, 2008

ABC News, Good Morning America, December 19, 2008

The Cincinnati Enquirer, December 14, 2008

The Kentucky Post, December 13, 2008

WCPO Channel 9 Television, December 12, 2008 Play Video

WLWT Channel 5 Television, December 10, 2008

 

 

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