My Nonprofit Reviews

I can not begin to express the gratitude that I have for the Piggyback foundation. Our lives were turned upside down Sept 2008, our youngest son was 6 weeks old our older son was only 3. My husband, literally the strongest man I have ever known, was diagnosed with cancer. This defining moment changed my life forever. I do believe Piggyback foundation was introduced to us a couple years later, sometime 2011. By 2011, we were exhausted, mentally, physically, emotionally, and financially. When fighting cancer with a loved one, everything in life is focused on survival, cancer, treatments, and appointments, although we tried to keep some normalcy in our home for our children, there was nothing normal about it.

Piggyback foundation came in and helped with some of the normalcy for our children. They helped by offering us opportunities for family time to create memories. The foundation had partnered with a local professional photographer and we were able to have family portraits taken that are my most treasured gift. They gave us gifts for local spa for relaxation. I do believe they gave us Cedar Point passes, zoo passes, and I distinctly remember them helping us with expenses for a family trip to see relatives in North Carolina. It has been so long ago now that I can not fully remember all the support but it was more than I could ever imagined. I am forever grateful, as these times were my husband's last days and we did not know it. We would not have had the resources or the forethought to create these memories if not for the Piggyback Foundation.

My husband took his last worldly breath on April 2, 2012. I don't know who will read this, if anyone, but the last picture is recent because if you are in the boat we were in many years ago, I remember the fear, desperation, and darkness. There is light on the other side, no matter the outcome of your journey. It may not be the outcome you envisioned or even the one you want but you can make through the darkness and create the life you desire, it will just be different and that is okay.