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Delaney Krings — a 5-year-old who celebrated her final birthday in December with a parade and thousands of cards from loved ones and strangers around the world — has died, just months after being diagnosed with terminal brain cancer in October.
In an update on aGoFundMepage created to support the family, organizer Judy Krings wrote that the “beautiful little girl” from Pewaukee, Wisconsin, made “us all better people.”
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“Having a big brother and sister was amazing. She will love them forever and a day. Her mom and dad were her cheerleaders,” the organizer wrote. “They guarded her from everything bad in the world, and filled her with everything love. They taught her about rainbows, ponies, and cupcakes with delicious frosting. When they also became her health care parents, they did everything possible on earth to make sure every day of her short life was the very best it could be.”
“Like a flower that we see the beauty of for only a while, we all cherished every single day of Delaney’s 1,869 days on earth,” the update continued. “To those she knew, and those she never met, she made us all better people. Make her proud of you. Your heart, like ours, may be broken. But a broken heart has spaces that can now be filled with the glue of love. Enjoy the love of life in heaven Delaney.”
The GoFundMe page has had over 2,000 donations, amounting to just over $147,000 of a now $200,000 goal, as of Monday.
Another way people have shown their support? For her 5th birthday on Dec. 16, Delaney received thousands of cards and notes from all over the world.
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After announcing her daughter’s death this weekend, her mother toldTodaythat the best way to remember Delaney is to “be kind” and to “pay some kindness forward in her name.”
“Please know in your heart she’s sharing a little bit of her love with you now, too, in the hopes that it helps you find light when it’s dark, and find the love when you’re sad,” she said.
source: people.com
