Julia's Journey RI

03/16/2026

Annual visit. It’s been quite a while since we have been here.

We are addressing a couple of issues Julia has been experiencing with her leg.

Hoping for the best possible news for her.

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10/30/2025

Sending so much love to Carrigan and her family. This strong, brave, talented, remarkable woman has gone through so much. No child, no family, should ever have to endure such trauma. We need to find a cure for osteosarcoma and all childhood cancers.

Thank you, Carrigan McCorrie Nelson for all you do for childhood cancer awareness. You are loved. 💛💛💛💛

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05/02/2025

Love Your Melon’s WPI chapter threw a heck of a day for Julia.
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Zoe Schwartz

Love Your Melon is Pressing Pause

After 12 and a half unforgettable years, Love Your Melon is taking a step back to reflect and redefine our mission and products. We’re deeply grateful for all the love and support you’ve shown us throughout this journey.

To our customers, ambassadors, partners, and supporters—thank you. Your belief in our purpose made everything possible. And to the kids and families who received our beanies and contributions, and the nonprofits we partnered with—know that you will always be in our hearts.

We are proud of what we accomplished together. As we wrap up this chapter, a final donation of $220,247 will be made to our nonprofit partners, bringing our total contributions to $10,057,087 in addition to thousands of beanies donated.

All existing orders will be fulfilled as promised. You’ll receive confirmation and tracking emails once your order ships.

If you have any questions about an order in progress, feel free to reach out to us at [email protected].

With gratitude,

The Love Your Melon Team

04/09/2025

Local people who are good at math!

The time has come. Looking for a math (algebra) tutor for Julia one or two days a week. We could meet at a library or somewhere or you could come to our house.

Probably 2 hours each time or however long it takes. Afternoon or evening schedule is best for her.

She is in the Acellus home school program now - which consists of watching an online video, then tackling the questions, eventually a mid-term and a final.

Interested or have a suggestion? Message me here or text me if you have my number.

Thank you!

03/20/2025

It has been a busy week for Julia, and she’s been handling it well. Yahoo!

Her schooling has been much better lately, and soon she will only have math and science to finish the current year in her homeschool program, which is behind her original year, but I don’t care. She is super smart and has learned more about life than most adults know.

We may need a local tutor to help her with this last little bit.

Once she finishes those last two subjects, we will decide what’s next for her for school. She doesn’t want to go back to a physical school, the hours just don’t work out well for a night owl; we will find a different homeschool program, something a bit more dynamic, hopefully. Thank you to all who responded to my post about it. It gets overwhelming because of course we want to do what is best for her.

Today, we had an appointment for her to get fitted for a new ankle brace - one that will hopefully allow her to have less pain when walking. She still gets extremely fatigued after exerting herself. I hope that this gets better with time because it is just heartbreaking. I want her to be able to hike with me. She loves wildlife, nature, and birds just as much as I do!

We took a little trip to Siesta Key, Florida, recently. She was not up for the short walk to the beach to watch sunset, except for one evening, the coldest one. See photo.

We visited the Circus Museum in Sarasota and by the end of a couple of hours, she was just flat out done. Luckily, they have volunteers with golf carts and one gave her a ride back to the parking lot.

Waiting for an x-ray now for her upcoming telehealth visit at MSKCC. Thank goodness for technology! Not only do we not have to go into the city for her appointment, we found a local imaging place that can electronically transmit the x-rays. Previously we had to mail it (gasp!) or get it on a cd, and upload it with software from the library.

We are grateful that Julia is feeling better lately, and look forward to longer and brighter days.

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02/24/2025

Julia is now 17 years old! She is so very loved.

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11/24/2024

Looking for advice, help, whatever you have for me. Prayers, thoughts, I’ll take it.

Julia has not been going to school since she switched from public school in the town we live in to a private girl’s school in Providence. She loved it and was challenged by it, and it seemed like a great fit, except for she couldn’t wake up in order to leave the house early enough to get there on time.

The girl an aptitude for Latin, they told me. Her writing skills are amazing. She’s a very talented artist.

She was doing great in that new environment, until she just couldn’t do it any more. She suffers from fatigue and delayed sleep onset syndrome, and possibly post-chemo effects. We are all suffering from post-childhood cancer syndrome.

She’s “homeschooling” now through an online program, Acellus Academy, an accredited online school . It’s ok but it’s not great and it is not challenging her brilliant mind. And she doesn’t do it much, and the math is too hard, with all the math that she missed, and no teacher to ask questions to.

Who can help? If this speaks to you at all, please reach out to me.

Tutors at night that can help her get through high school?

Other ideas?

I’m at a loss and I’m pretty broken hearted about this. Any advice or ideas are really appreciated.

I have been quiet about this until now, because we are actually a lucky family. I am reaching out to the village to ask for help.

09/15/2024

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Osteosarcoma didn't stop these Olympians.

09/15/2024

09/15/2024

Osteosarcoma didn't stop them.

09/06/2024

This is true in too many ways.