Imagine what it would be like to go from everything being totally normal one day to finding

out through a voicemail the next day that your child has cancer and needs to be seen by an

oncologist immediately. That's just the beginning of my friend Amanda Smith's story and today

she has graciously agreed to share her family's story of her seven-year-old daughter Lyndon's

diagnosis and six rounds of chemo that started only a few

months ago. The most remarkable part of this story is that Lyndon and her family have raised

over $40,000 for the pediatric cancer research foundation, all because Lyndon asked her mom if she

donate to the Ronald McDonald's every time she went through the drive-thru at McDonald's after

Lyndon was diagnosed. Lyndon also has a remarkable story of chopping off and donating her hair

to Crowns for Courage a year before she ever knew she would need the same donation herself.

Their story is incredibly inspiring, heartwarming, and so perfect to lead us into the holiday

season where everyone's

hearts tend to be a little more open to giving. If this episode touches your heart like it did mine,

I would love for you to share a screenshot of it to your Instagram stories, and make sure you

tag me at Mint Arrow so I can see it and share it too. You can also go to our show notes and

find links to donate to the Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation and buy one of Lyndon's lotus bracelets to help her raise even more money for

childhood cancer research.

All right, you guys, tonight I have a special friend on the podcast with me, and she's

going to share just a really tender, story with us and I'm so excited

to hear from her. This is a story that's become very near and dear to my family and to my heart.

And so I'm just so excited and grateful to have Amanda here with me. Amanda say hi.

Amanda, I know Amanda from church. She and I go to church together.

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