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Balloons for Nicholas

May 23, 2014 By Lauren

Nicholas' balloons

On Tuesday morning I asked the question: What can I do? I’ve been following the journey of the Sauer family as their son, Ben, battled a brain tumor. His time on Earth ended last week and it left me wondering how I could honor him and his family. I knew I couldn’t necessarily do anything […]

Filed Under: Random Tagged With: balloons, ben sauer, birthday, loss, Nicholas

Week 17: Heaven is for real

May 20, 2014 By Lauren

birth minute

If this is your first time reading one of my Keeping It Real Challenge posts, please click here to find out what they’re all about. I first learned of the Sauer family in March, about a month after they discovered that their four year old son, Ben, had a cancerous brain tumor. He’d had surgery, […]

Filed Under: Keeping It Real Challenge Tagged With: ben sauer, blue4Ben, cancer, keeping it real

Week seven: The awful truth

March 10, 2014 By Lauren

If you’re just joining me, please click here to find out what this is all about. On Tuesday I followed a link a friend shared and was introduced to Ben Sauer. Ben is a beautiful four year old boy with a brain tumor. An aggressive brain tumor that is not responding to treatment. Barring a […]

Filed Under: Keeping It Real Challenge Tagged With: ben sauer, faith, keeping it real, miracle, pray, worst nightmare

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