10-Year-Old With Terminal Brain Cancer Received Thousands Of Cards From Strangers For Christmas Shortly Before Passing Away

Dec 30, 2019 by apost team

Christmas is a special time of the year when people take out the time to share their love and generosity. It’s not unusual to feel good when you make an earnest effort to put a smile on someone’s face.

When you think about it, it’s incredible when you can lift someone’s spirit with a kind word. Contrary to popular belief, you don’t need to give someone an expensive gift to make them happy.

Oliviah Hall was a special ten-year old junior reporter with Fox 8 in Ohio who faced the battle for her life. She was been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer known as glioblastoma.

When you look at the statistics, it’s extremely hard for patients to overcome brain cancer. Once it gets to a certain area of the brain, it’s hard to treat. In many instances, it cannot be treated. In this sweet young lady’s case, the disease reached this stage and she passed away on December 30, 2018, according to the Team Oliviah Facebook page.

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Oliviah was a bubbly girl only interested in getting compassion from others. She had a special wish before she passed which was for people to send her Christmas cards, since Christmas was a special time of year for her, according to Fox 8.

Luckily for her, everyone heard her wish. It seems like Oliviah’s dream was fulfilled. Her home was flooded with tons of Christmas cards for the 2018 season. She received cards from family members, friends, and strangers alike. It’s estimated that Oliviah has received over 3,000 Christmas cards and letters, showing that many people were concerned about her.

Her final request was a testament of how she was as a person, hoping to bring out the best in people and spread cheer. In a tribute from the news station where she was a junior investigative reporter, she was remembered through outpourings from the community.

"Oliviah's motto was that there are no strangers, just friends you haven't met yet," her dad Bryan Brown told Fox 8. "And, she lived by that. Anywhere we would go, like if you met her for the first time, she would talk like you're best friends for years and that's her personality. I tried to find a word to describe what Oliviah is and unicorn makes perfect sense. She was like a magical creature you just want to be around, like she just had the energy and personality that just made you want to be in her presence."

What are your thoughts? Has this story touched your heart? If so, we would love to get your feedback. Oliviah is the perfect example of someone being graceful while defying the odds. She is an inspiration for people from all walks of life. We’re sure that your family and friends will be delighted to read this story. This heartfelt story can motivate anyone to deal with the challenges we face in life.