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It is such an honor to sing the National Anthem anywhere. To be invited to sing for the @flapanthers is always is always a highlight. To be invited to sing for the Pink At The Rink night is one of @molly.Oldhams favorite nights of the year.

For the past 2 weeks, I have watched over 450 high school seniors and 100 juniors audition for 80+ theater programs with all their dreams riding on a 3 minutes snip it of their life’s work.

Watching Molly sing tonight with such ease and happiness, was truly a pinnacle of the year for me. We tell our auditioning candidates to love what they do..to share their light with the people watching..and if they love what they do, the audience will be moved to love it too. The whole thing was over in less than 3 minutes…but the feeling it left me with will last much longer.

I’m so proud of her.

Tonight was cool. by @bunnyoldham

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@Curefest #curefest If you ever wanted to know what CureFest means to our family, please watch this video. If you are forced into a club you don’t ever want to belong to…find your people and hang on tight.

Molly was given a slot to talk about her story. She has told it before and can speak off the cuff about it so I wondered why she was practicing her “speech” in private. She spent her time on the mic in a new way this year. It was a very sweet moment for me as her mom. Indulge me sharing what special humans are in my life. @jordan_oldham @molly.oldham

I had originally posted that Molly Oldham hosted the Night of Golden Lights without her besties @carriganmnelson and @katiehisting but I was wrong…they were right there with her.

Thank you @sherwooddena and @armswideopenccf Open Childhood Cancer Foundation for letting her share her voice and heart which is such an honor. @tammynlsn @lynnhisting
@themollyimpact by @bunnyoldham

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September 1st. The first day of “Pediatric Cancer Month”.

The thing is, cancer is more than a month. It’s for “the rest of your life”…and that’s if you are “lucky”.

Tonight @molly.oldham and some of the most talented artists in NYC honored, remembered and celebrated our most special friend @carriganmnelson through music, friendship, advocacy and education.

Butterfly Fly Away 🦋 by @bunnyoldham

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The offical relaunch of TMI, The Molly Impact and @tmiproductions happens tonight fueled by the love Molly has for @carriganmnelson. Tonight is about the “Best of 2010”…when things were simpler for these kids.
#I just got to the venue and walking in on soundcheck. 2 Broadway friends jamming out, no big deal:) It’s just going to be a night of Kids helping Kids…Using their voices for good.

If you can…give TMI a donation…buy a Live stream ticket. Share in the love.

https://thegreenroom42.venuetix.com/booking/whb4DfJJ2BtfiVOiO3Gf by @bunnyoldham

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As we head towards Pediatric Cancer Month and @molly.oldham relaunching @themollyimpact and @tmiproductions…I continue to be amazed at the IMPACT one person can have.

Today, I opened this email from @cancerforcollege reminding us that it August is “Make a Will” month. Seeing Mollys face on the email from 7 years ago stopped me in my tracks. I need to update my will from the one I have from when I was still married!!

My mom needs to update hers from 10 years ago. Something I just haven’t gotten around to because we always feel indestructible, right? It’s something I can wait until tomorrow for, right? Wrong.

It’s as easy as a click here to get a Free Will Made. I checked with Cancer for College and they said it’s free for anyone, regardless if you are cancer family or not. Get it done before it slips your mind. Parents….It’s not for you…it’s for them. Do it for them. ❤️

Clickable link in Bio: https://cancerforcollegelegacy.org/wills/CreateAccount.jsp by @bunnyoldham

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In Molly’s own words:

7 years ago today I was diagnosed with stage III brain cancer. Today I am launching a new production company with the hopes of bringing @themollyimpact back to life!

After spending years fighting cancer for my life, my independence and my livelihood, I then spent the next many watching handfuls of people I love struggle and pass from this horrific disease. It consumed my mind and made me believe that nothing else about me mattered. But there was always music, and there was always Carrigan. Two things that never failed to make me smile.

After launching The Molly Impact in 2021, I later realized I wasn’t ready to help others the way I truly wanted to. I wasn’t in a mindset to hear about their hardships, and their situations weren’t ones I could fix. Surrounding myself with stories of people struggling only made me struggle more, so TMI slowly stopped sending out care packages and we started to fundraise less and less.

After Carrigan passed I thought hard about how much of a difference she made in my life. The consistency of her friendship, the joy in her laugh and the power behind her voice. She inspired me in so many ways and this project has sprouted its wings because of the strength she carried.

@tmiproductions is launching our first cabaret - Best of Screen 2010s - with every penny going to @themollyimpact to help support families with cancer. This project brings together my absolute joy of performing, and my deep desire to remember and honor Carrigan and continue her passion of helping those in our tight knit cancer community.

I chose this theme because it’s exactly what Carrigan would have loved. Hannah Montana, (she was a big Miley Cyrus girl 😉) Lemonade Mouth, Camp Rock and so much more! It’s going to be a huge nostalgic concert, and I know she would have been singing along from the audience, and I hope you will be too.

We will be selling @katies_collective stickers and TMI matchbooks (@matchesandmementos ) as part of the fundraiser as well. Hope to see you there 🦋🎗️❤️ by @bunnyoldham

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One of the worst/best days of our lives, 7 years ago. It started out at 5:30am, our entire extended family stood around her hospital bed. We hadn’t all been in the same room since years earlier in divorce court. Here we were all breathing the same air. I remember saying “of course it’s Molly who would bring us all together with so much love in the room”. That’s just who she is. She brings people together.

In the waiting room, sat so many people, some staying for the whole 8 hour surgery. My high school friends started a euchre tourney in the corner, friends from work, my roommates from college brought snacks, show choir kids/parents and theater friends everywhere, revere friends congregated, each of my girls had a tribe that showed up for them.

Cancer stole what “could have been” and part of me will mourn that the rest of my life. @tammynlsn, angel mom to @carriganmnelson, she said Cancer steals your past, don’t let it steal your future.”

Until very recently, I hid the bitterness that I felt that Mollys EXTRAORDINARY-LIFE was forever “stolen and derailed”. Yes so many incredible people and adventures have come into her life because of cancer but that doesn’t give back the life “she shoulda/Coulda had”. It feels more than selfish and wrong to feel this way when she’s doing well and HERE.

For the last 7 years, @molly.oldham has scratched and clawed her way to her new GOAL of having an ORDINARY LIFE. All she wanted now was normalcy.

I personally had a hard time with that. Every parent wants the best for their kids. I just wanted “before August 9, 2019” for her. I wanted her to have her EXTRA-ORDINARY life back.

Today I finally shared my thoughts with her and she gave me grace and permission to have all the feels. We let it go today. Into the universe.

Great things are coming and she has a plan. She did it in her own time. I should have figured. I’m going to have the best night of sleep tonight. by @bunnyoldham

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We were not given a 5 year survival rate 7 years ago. Sitting here, letting that sink in.

7 years ago today, my family and our collective circle of friends went into BEAsT CANcer Mode. We are grateful for every last bit of the last 7 years, including the hard parts who make us all who we are today. I think everyone in Molly’s orbit gleaned an unstoppable appreciation for life, love and that pursuit of happiness from her and this diagnosis.

As much as I wish I could say we had Magic Beans that saved Mollys life and livelihood…anyone in the cancer world knows there isn’t much rhyme or reason for who lives and who doesn’t. We have lost too many incredible friends to this beast to think that we did anything, tried anything, had anything different, or had more people help, pray or love us, any more than anyone else. I want to believe that it was her strength or her positivity that got her here and as much as it helped us personally on this journey…no amount of light and positivity saved other very deserving and special people. It’s unexplainable, really. We still remain forever grateful for every bit of love we received from people who know us in real life and strangers we met along the way.

I don’t diminish at all the courage and the sacrifices that my girls mustered up when we were below the rock that was labeled the BOTTOM. I am so proud of all three of them because when cancer attacks, the entire family is in the eye of the storm. To everyone who felt every bit of fear, worry and hurt for us, I thank you for taking some of that burden from me. To all the wonderful friends that met Molly where she was at even though it was a moving target, you don’t begin to know how much that is appreciated. So many friendships don’t withstand chronic illness and fatigue…but the ones that do are the ultimate friendships that will last longer than a lifetime.

Survivorship is a gift and a responsibility, a challenge and a burden all the same time. It’s harder than it looks, yet an elusive club everyone can only dream of being in.

I am endlessly grateful. by @bunnyoldham

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So much to say about these two incredible friends…but I will just say, if you ever have the chance to spend time with your fellow “Meno-Mommas” for even a quick getaway….do it.

It’s just good for the soul. We went to Hilton Head to see Chloe in Mean Girls and it was so good we had to see it twice:) In between Titanium Treatment Perks, to ice cream on a 95 degree day, howling on the beach to testing out TiK Tok Trends, I found my forever friends and have UNCG to thank for that. I haven’t laughed that hard in years and now I am going to make more intentional choices to spend more quality time with the people I love. @keats_pope and @kimical918 you both are the Nutella to my Crepe, the Neon in my Glow Stick, the Dollar in My Sand, the Cheese in my Cheetoes. Core memories Made. #FWF4ever by @bunnyoldham

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25. Nothing will ever dim the Smile and Light you were born with. Today you turn 25 and you are exactly where you should be even if it isn’t where you were born. ❤️

At first I was going to say that I am proud of the person that you have become…but that’s not correct. I am so proud of the person you still are…You still choose Kindness over anything else. You choose Hope. You choose Laughter. You choose Love. Every single time. I can’t wait to celebrate you in person and to capture more magical moments with you.

I am proud to be your mom. When I look at all our pictures I wanted to pick out the ones where I know you were at your happiest over the years and I can’t tell you how special it is, that I couldn’t narrow it down….that this reminds me of how many amazing moments you have had over last few the years. You have so many people surrounding you with love and you are blessed with an amazing circle of friends and loved ones. These are all the special moments where I can see that twinkle in your eye and gratitude in your heart. Each moment I know you were thinking “how lucky am I to be living this moment”. Your face says it all.

Today may be your birthday but you are blessed everyday with priceless gifts that will envelope you in love every day of the year. Happy 25th Girlie. I love you. @molly.oldham by @bunnyoldham

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Stable Scans!!

We have been manifesting and saying she was 5 years cancer free from date of her relapse surgery where they removed cancer in Jan 2021…(we aren’t counting the 2023 non cancerous radiation induced tumor surgery because we aren’t:) but Duke approved 5 years cancer free is July 7th 2026 as that is 5 years from the end of treatment MRI!

She did it! 5 real years, not padded not inflated not pretend fake it to you make it….5 real cancer free years!!!!!!!

Duke was soooo busy today that we were put into a “teaching room” instead of a patient room…one of the rooms with a table and chairs…the rooms where you get bad news and they let family in. Last time we were put in one of these rooms in Ohio, they handed us a box of Kleenex and had “the face”.

The nurse was AMAZING and told us right away that we were put in this room bc it was busy and not for any other reason and not to worry so we were feeling good!

Since everything was running behind..at the 2 hour mark we had to get going to get to the airport so we went out and asked if we could just zoom the new doc. Just then, he literally was running to the room. He was able to meet and greet and was absolutely lovely. We all agreed that now we have faces to a name and since the thumbs were up…we were perfectly satisfied! He even mentioned not getting charged for his part of the visit since he didn’t have to do anything and we had to leave:)

Perspective really hits hard here. As my kids advocate I want her to have the best doctors and the most personalized care bc Epedymoma is so rare….but today was perfection! We didn’t need anything more than what we got! Others are in a position that need the team more and the gratitude to the Universe for a nothing burger appointment is the best gift we could ever get today! Thank you for all the happy thoughts and the hopes wishes and prayers! We felt all the love.

We blasted our favorite music from Come From Away, held hands and smiled all the way to the airport and she went weeeee weeeee weeee all the way home:) by @bunnyoldham

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