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Each night, I asked Ally what her favorite part of the day was.  Last night, she told Brad, “Being a princess!”  She had been to the Bippity Boppity Boutique that day (more on that in a minute) and her “fairy godmother” made her a princess!  Let me just say, she has been a princess all week – in a good way.  They call this place Give Kids the World, and they do that and more.  From the moment the wish begins, everything is about the wish child.  Everything was booked in Allyson’s name, and we were her guests.  We called our villa her house all week, and she LOVED that!  Each night when we’d return and go through the guard at the front of the property, the volunteer would always say, “Welcome home!”

That is exactly how you feel when you are here…home away from home. The staff here at GKTW bends over backwards to make sure you have everything you could want.  Once inside the parks, Ally was treated like royalty, especially at Disney World.  If you ever doubt the kindness of humans, spend the day with a wish child.  If you ever need to witness the strength of the human spirit, come spend the day walking around the village at Give Kids the World.

Tomorrow we return home.  I am sad Ally’s wish has come to an end.  Since her diagnosis, we have been looking forward to this week for almost two years.  While this is the end of her magical wish week, we look to the future when we hear the words, “Ally is cured!”