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Dear Michael & Carolyn,
I really don’t know where to start. I am so thankful that I have found the information about the Burned Children Recovery Foundation.
I had taken Sherry to her appointment at the Portland Shiner's hospital when I found the flyer for camp. I never knew that there was help out there to help my niece with other things. I do not have children of my own, and when my sister and her husband were killed in the accident I now have Sherry to care for. I am dealing with a lot myself, and trying to help poor little Sherry cope not only with her burns, but also the loss of her parents. It is hard enough on the poor child to lose her parents, but also to have to deal with the medical process of healing her burns also. When I called you, you not only gave me good advice on how to handle Sherry’s burns, and what to expect in the future but you also comforted Sherry. You made her feel special again. We really appreciate you sending us the booklets on how to deal with grief. The poor child she is grieving her parents, and her own physical pain, and knowing that she will never be the same little girl she once was. It is so difficult to try to explain to a child. I am so thankful that we can call you and your staff, and just talk about what is going on. Michael you have given me great advice on how to help Sherry go back to school. She not only went back to school, but also to a new school. It was so helpful to have you talk to her principal, and counselor before she registered for school. They showed a video and I gave them some photos of Sherry so they could prepare her classmates as to what to expect when she came to school for the first day. I am so happy to tell you that school is going well, and Sherry has made some new friends. Sherry is looking forward to returning to Camp Phoenix again this year, and she can hardly wait to see her friends from last year, and hopes to have the same counselors as she had last year. She talked about camp for months. We still have our days, and Sherry does reach out to some of her friends from camp from time to time. I know that there will still be days in which she feels bad, especially when she misses her Mom & Dad, but we always go back to she can meet them again in Heaven. We want to thank you for all the things you have done for Sherry, and I. Sherry is signed up to play baseball, and she is singing with the children’s group in our church. Thank you for encouraging her to participate in other activities. It keeps us both busy. She says that she is more than ready to come to camp early and stay at the Phoenix House before camp. It will give her some more intense counseling time, as well as a break from her old auntie. We really do thank you for all you have done for us. Gratefully,
Sherry’s Auntie Ruth Mills
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