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Melinda has been told that she will not survive another 4 months. She
will continue chemo treatments and do what she can to be healthy,
positive and proactive, to get as much life out of her liver and other
affected organs as she can muster.
She will be at the conference for much needed hugs and a
goodbye. Nicolas is now 11 and will be in science camp during the conference.
Melinda will move in with her sister Caren for the end of her life, so family can take care of Nicolas and her.
She wants this fundraiser out there to set aside for Nicolas and to
spend the last couple of months quality time with her son, as best she
can.
Melinda is working with her sister Caren, to take care of
custody and other arrangements of Nicolas after she passes. Nicolas
has spent his life growing up believing that the Teamsters and the
Sisters are an important part of his family and life. He will be
encouraged and welcomed to attend the conference every year, so that
the Sisters can watch over him as he grows and reach out to him as he
grows up.
Melinda is a strong woman, and doing her best to die with
courage, grace, and forethought to her son. She is very grateful for
the support that has been given, so that she can fight to the end, for
every day and try to make the most of them.
Her last request is that her family, including the Teamsters
and the Sisters, is that we all watch over him, be there when needed
and help support him in the trade of his choice when he is old enough.
This includes volunteers to take him to the annual Women Build the
Nation Conference, as well as grabbing him over the years for a ball
game, fishing, riding, camping, labor events, and for some, a week
during his summer break.
Please feel welcome to send her a hug on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/melindadeanne.gaumer
Please share this to all of her Teamster family, her Sisters in
the Building Trades and our supportive brothers.
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