9 November 2008, 8:32 pm
This probably the saddest and most serious yahoo answers I have asked. Have you been following the story of I call him Honorary USAF Police SGT Brenden Foster he is suffering and possibly dying due to having leukemia which has no cure. He said his final wish is to "feed the homeless" in his town of Lynnwood at Camp Nickelsville he is only 11 years old which is when I got my first military ID (identification) card. He has not had a chance to vote or to drive a car or to attend a high school prom so many things that he should have the right and time to do. Instead his last wish he says he is growing short on the time he has left on this earth. He wants to feed the homeless. Does anyone know how to contact "The Make-A-Wish Foundation or Oprah or Letterman if I had the money I'd sponsor a scholarship in his honor or a foundation strictly for those that have become homeless to feed them in Brenden's honor. Can anyone give me some advisement or guidance I am really interested in hearing from anyone in Lynnwood or WA and I will try to paste a link to his story I saw it tonight at Fort Jackson Army basic military training Post where I work. Doctors gave 11-year-old Brenden Foster two weeks to live. Those two weeks were up on Wednesday. On Friday, he shared his last wish. Not yet a teenager, Brenden's time to die has come. "I should be gone in a week or so," he said. Brenden was the kid who ran the fastest, climbed the highest and dreamed of becoming a marine photographer. Leukemia took away all those things, but not his dying wish to help others. "He's always thought about others. Never complained about having to go through this, ever," said his mother, Wendy Foster. When Brenden was first diagnosed with leukemia, he and his mom began a new tradition. Every night they list three positive things that happened during the day, and they have to share a laugh. A chuckle will do, Brenden said, but a fake laugh will never do. In the last days of his life, it was a homeless camp, namely Nickelsville, that captured the boy's heart. "I was coming back from one of my clinic appoints and I saw this big thing of homeless people, and then I thought I should just get them something," he said. Brenden is too ill to leave his bed and feed the homeless. He walked into an emergency room last December and hasn't walked since. But Brenden's wish will not go unfulfilled. A group planned to gather in his honor on Friday night to make sandwiches and deliver them to the homeless. "We're making 200 sandwiches -- half ham and cheese, and half peanut butter and jelly. He didn't want them all to be peanut butter and jelly in case somebody was allergic to peanut butter," said Jennifer Morrison, one of the participants. "They're probably starving, so give them a chance," said Brenden. Brenden, surrounded by love and wise beyond his years, urges others to follow their dreams. "Mine already came true," he said. Brenden has relapsed for the last time. There is no chemo, no more transfusions; just comfort medications. "It's devastating, but I find great peace in knowing we've had our time together and that we will see each other again," said Wendy. Brenden has one more wish for the afterlife: become an angel who accomplishes even more in heaven than he did on Earth. "I had a great time and until my time has come, I'm gonna keep having a good time," he said. Don't cry for Brenden. He doesn't want leukemia to claim any more tears.... Read More »
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