MADISON'S INTERVIEW
1. What was her favorite thing to do?
2. Describe her personality.
3. What were her best qualities and why?
4. Tell me about a story to help describe one quality.
5. Tell me about your relationship with her.
* Feel free to write anything else you'd like to add that I missed below!
I think Madison had a couple of favorite things to do. The first I would say would be spending time with you. She loved and adored Jen. Jen could do no wrong. She looked forward to those daily visits while she was in the hospital and also when she was at home. Her face just brightened up when Jen walked into the room. Sometimes she was not as perky as others due to her condition , however she was comforted by knowing her cousin (more like sisters) was there with her on the hospital bed, watching tv or just talking. When Madison was feeling well she also loved to go shopping and then eat and play games at Chuckie Cheese. She did not let her illness keep her from doing things.
Madisons personality was fun,funny, giving of herself, and loved life. Strong willed at times, however this helped Madison stay strong to persevere against the cancer that was invading her body. She was not a quiter. Throughtout her treatment she neeeded to have blood drawn, get blood and platelets, get a stem cell transplant, chemotherapy, radiation, etc. Many MD appts, she did not get tired of these things and knew she needed to do them to help her stay well. She did not complain. She also had many great friends at her school and also were very supportive of Madison. Madison was the center of many fundraisers to help pay for the expenses and treatment that the diagnosis of cancer brings to a person and their family. The love of her friends and teachers was beautiful to see and feel. The students in her class made madison a quilt with handprints of their hands and names and best wishes on it and gave it to Madison for her to feel their love and concern. Madison did use this blanket along with a pink crochet blanket that was given by family member's friend. They were always close to Madison and did give her comfort. At Christmans the class visited Madison and brought a 3 foot Christmas tree and then decorated with hand made ornaments. Then on Valentines day they decorated it with hand made hearts. She was loved by many.
As Madison's Aunt, or as she would call me LuLu, I loved her with all my heart and enjoyed the many activities we all did together with my sister, Madison and our Family, such as going tho family birthday partys, theGreat Escape, spending time at Madison's home in the summer , sitting by the pool watching Jen and Madison enjoy the water and their precious moments together. I especially remember when they were sipping non alcoholic strawberry daqueiris by the pool looking like teenagers. Another great memory is our time we spent on the Disney cruise the summer prior to Madison going to heaven. We had taken a lot of pictures and had many great times. She was very sensitive to the sun and needed to put on sunscreen for protection. We have a picture of Madison putting on the sunscreen all over her body and she was all white, because she used so much and did not rub much of it in her skin. Even her face was white. It was funny.
There was a time when Madison could not eat much and did not like the taste of the food due to her chemo. I encouraged pt to drink Milk and told her I would give her a dollar for every glass of milk she drank. Madison had to keep track of how many cups of milk she drand and then at the end of the week I would give her her " Milk Money" I loved doing this and then it gave her some money to go shopping with and it did help her gain some weight. I even have a picture of Madison with " I got milk " mustache.
Jen, I hope these memories help you with your paper. I enjoyed writing and remembering about all our great times with Madison. Love you. Mom
3 comments:
I think that the fact you added an interview will be very helpful to your role model project because it makes it more personal and shows that you have a very close family.
Jen I don't know you very well and i never had the pleasure of meeting madison but your topic is really inspiring. I'm not just saying this because it's part of the assignment to comment on others blogs. Your topic really is interesting and i like reading about how close you were to madison. I think you should deffinitly do a power point or poster because if you added pictures of you and madison it would be really great. I give you a lot of credit for picking this topic and your doing a great job with it.
This is really touching. I think it's awesome that you are brave and strong enough to pick someone you were so close to as your role model for this project. To get up in front of a class and talk about something so personal and something that is so hard to talk about shows how strong this traumatic event has made you. Keep your head up, she's always with you.
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