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Dear Make-A-Wish and GKTW- Scarlett's Make-A-Wish PART 4

Dear Make-A-Wish and Give Kids the World Village,
My name is Kari Peepe and I am the lucky parent of Miss Scarlett Peepe. . . We just got back from Florida yesterday and we are literally beaming and my jaw hurts from smiling so much from watching my daughter in a state of such pure joy for one whole week.
Scarlett Peepe was diagnosed when she was 3 years old with Platelet Storage Pool Disorder, a rare bleeding disorder which has left her with a life time of blood work, medications, restrictions and fears of life threatening situations.  
Scarlett’s wish was to go to Disney World to see the parade, meet the princesses, and see the animals at Animal Kingdom.  As soon as Scarlett found out about Make-A-Wish, she was ecstatic but nothing could’ve prepared her or us for the experience that was about to take place and the joy it would leave in our hearts and our minds forever. The smile on her face that appeared on her wish reveal day has truly remained there ever since.
 We were blessed with an experience that nobody could even imagine and left us with a lifetime of memories only The Make-A-Wish Foundation and Give Kids the World could’ve provided.  Scarlett was treated like a princess for the whole week and truly got to witness all her hopes,dreams, and wishes unfold right before her eyes.   
After returning home from our trip as we were putting all our things away I was asking Scarlett if she had fun on her trip and what her favorite parts of the experience was. . . After naming numerous highlights of her trip (being in Village Idol, getting all the characters signatures, swimming with the family, the jungle cruise and seeing Cinderella’s castle). . .she ended it by saying “I didn’t even think about my bleeding disorder, I forgot I even had it.”   Now as you could imagine this brought me to tears. . . If this isn’t the reason you guys do this then I don’t know what is. . . A child who is reminded of her disorder every time she’s sent off to school every day had a whole week of never thinking about it once. . . ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!!!! FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AND THIS INDESCRIBABLE EXPERIENCE!!
 Forever grateful, 
The Peepes
Kari, Ryan, Scarlett, and Walker

Written by,
Kari Peepe
pspdaware@gmail.com
www.pspdaware.com

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