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Ashleigh Marie Kieliszewski 
Ashleigh "Monkey" Marie Kieliszewski
July 12, 2001 - March 29, 2006
Ashleigh started limping April 28, 2004. After many visits to the doctor, Ashleigh was diagnosed with Stage IV, high risk Neuroblastoma June 7, 2004, one month before her third birthday. After 6 rounds of chemo, Ashleigh was NED (No Evidence of Disease) in November 2004. She received a stem cell transplant November 27, 2004. On December 8, 2004 she was admitted to PICU with complications from her transplant. With a miraculous recovery, Ashleigh was discharged home January 21, 2005. After a wonderful 8 months, Ashleigh relapsed with Neuroblastoma September 7, 2005. On March 29, 2006, 21 months since her diagnosis, our beautiful angel on earth passed away at home and became the most beautiful angel in heaven.
We miss you so much, in so many ways,
But we'll be together again in heaven one day.
We love you Monkey!
Dykehouse Photography
"Let me hold you in my heart, my soul, and in my dreams...experiencing you in my mind...for loving you is the greatest gift, joy of my life."
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2007 GOLD MEDALIST WINNER
IN THE MOONBEAM CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARDS!
A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this book are donated to the Children's Neuroblastoma Cancer Foundation.
We are pleased to offer the first book in a series, "Ashleigh's Fairies". This book demonstrates a child's special openness to love that can come from things adults cannot readily explain. During the months prior to her passing, Ashleigh spoke often about her fairy friends, inspiring this warm and touching story. Ashleigh brought inspiration and joy to many during her short life, may her words continue to do so.
COMING IN MARCH 2008! "ASHLEIGH'S RAINBOW" illustrated by Ashleigh & Friends
A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated to the Children's Neuroblastoma Cancer Foundation
We are excited to announce the release, March 29, 2008, of "Ashleigh's Fairies" the second book in the "Ashleigh Marie Series". This book details Ashleigh's observations and ideas about rainbows. What makes this colorful and inspiring book particulary special is the beautiful forward to the book written by Ashleigh's Oncologist and the collection of illustrators. "Ashleigh's Rainbow" features illustrations by "Ashleigh and Friends". Many of these friends had or are currently battling childhood cancer.
If you would like to order books from the "Ashleigh Marie Series", please visit our website:
Ashleigh Marie Books Website
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Ashleigh's Angel of Hope Bracelet.
This angelic bracelet is created with freshwater pearls and Czech glass crystals. The colors represent the hope that someday children will be free from Neuroblastoma.
To purchase Ashleigh's bracelet, please visit:
Peace Of Mind Jewelry Ashleigh Bracelet
Ashleigh's Favorite Song
Journal
Sunday, October 12, 2008 9:54 PM CDT Welcome Fall....I can’t believe summer has come to an end and fall is starting. I love fall it’s such a beautiful time. This weekend in Grand Rapids the weather was gorgeous, sunny and in the 70’s. We finally finished with the repairs at Ashleigh’s cottage after the flood we had in June with all the rain we had then. It looks better than before but unfortunately we didn’t get to use it very much this summer. It sure is peaceful out there but we still have it up for sale and now with the changes inside it even more so doesn’t feel as much like “Ashleigh’s place”. It’s always nice to have football season start, especially college football. For those of you that are Michigan State fans...GO STATE they are doing great...for those of you that are U of M fans...sorry, not so great. Having said that I probably jinxed things...hopefully the rest of States season will continue to go well. We went and watched one of Caleb’s (Ashleigh’s best friend) flag football games. He did such a great job. He ran the most amazing run for a touchdown. I’m sure he has one heck of a cheerleader cheering him on from heaven..
Our new puppy dog Bryleigh is doing great. She is an absolute sweetheart of a dog. Ryan and Ben love her, especially Ryan. She sleeps with Ryan every night and it is so cute to hear Ryan talking to her and telling her stories. And Yes, Jeff is really enjoying her too. We are so glad that we decided to get her and very relieved that she is such a wonderful tempered puppy.
We sure had a busy September...promoting Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Many thanks to all the people and children that helped us in our efforts. Thank you to Childtime Learning Center for all your support....they are still working on their coin drive for Coins 4 Kids. Our book signing and Book fair at Barnes and Noble to benefit the Children’s Neuroblastoma Cancer Foundation was a great success. We don’t have the final numbers yet but about 2000 dollars was raised to help in the fight against Neuroblastoma and to help all the children that endure so much. Thank you to all the families and of course the special children who came to help me sign books for all your support and special thanks to Michelle (Molly’s Mom) for working so hard to set everything up. It was wonderful to see everyone again and to see everyone doing so well. Also thank you to everyone who stopped by to see us and showed your support. We also received a very special gift from Valleywood Middle School in Grand Rapids (where Caleb’s Mom is a teacher)....a 500$ donation to the Children’s Neuroblastoma Cancer Foundation in memory of Ashleigh. They did a coin drive at school and their hard work and thoughtfulness is just priceless!
Again this year Ashleigh Marie Books will be at the Arts and Crafts Harvest Show at John Knox Presbyterian Church on 4150 Kalamazoo Ave, Saturday, Oct 25th from 9:00am to 3:00pm. I also met with the book designer this past week and started talking ideas about the next book in the Ashleigh Marie Series “Ashleigh and Freckles”. Our goal is to have the book done and available by Christmas 2009. I’m excited to get working on it.
Halloween is just around the corner and Ryan is very excited that he is going to be a Knight this year. Quite a switch from the clown he was last year. He wears his costume all the time..I think he is going to have it worn out before Halloween gets here. Ben is going to be a puppy dog and all he knows about Halloween is that he really likes candy corn. I’ll be posting some cute Ashleigh pictures for her October Memory share and a new picture of all of Ashleigh’s boys.
Hope everyone has a safe and fun Halloween and thanks for continuing to check in on us and for remembering our precious Monkey Butt.
The Kieliszewski’s
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Links: http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8Qbs27Ns3aMM4 Children's Neuroblastoma Cancer Foundation
http://www.beebo.info/warriors.htm Neuroblastoma Warriors
http://www.lunchforlife.org/ Raise Money For Neuroblastoma
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