Parents discover secret note after their 13-year-old daughter, Anthea Orchard, dies of cancer FACED with death, a 13-year-old girl left her family a secret gift. Anthea Orchard tragically died last Wednesday after battling a rare form of bone cancer, the Daily Mail reports, leaving behind two devastated parents, six sisters and three brothers. But days after her passing, Anthea’s father Dean found a inspirational note written on the back of his daughter’s bedroom mirror. In her poignant parting message, thousands of words long, Anthea wrote about her illness, as well as her feelings on life, love and her tragic situation. “Maybe it’s not about the happy ending,” the dying teen wrote, “maybe it’s about the story.” Mr Orchard, 33, said he had never noticed the missive because the standing mirror had always leaned against his daughter’s wall. “She never mentioned it, but it’s the kind of thing she’d do,” he said. “She was a very spiritual person, she’d go on about stuff that I could never understand — she was so clever. “When I moved the mirror after she died I couldn’t believe it, I saw all this writing, it must have been about 3000 words. “It’s so touching. When I first saw it, it just blew me away. I started reading it but before long I had to stop because it was too much, it was heartbreaking.” In her note, Anthea said she was “waiting to fall in love with someone I can open my heart to.” She added: “Love is not about who you can see spending your future with it’s about who you can’t see spending your life without. Life is a game for everyone but love is the only prize.” Anthea was last year diagnosed with bone cancer osteosarcoma — in her spine, left shoulder and her head — and battled through intense chemotherapy treatment. But the teenager always remained positive. “You could get a life-ending illness tomorrow so make the most of every day,” Anthea wrote in her note. “Life is only bad if you make it bad.” Anthea’s mum Caroline said her daughter loved writing, which “was part of who she was”. “We’re keeping the mirror forever,” said Ms Orchard, 37. “It is a part of her we can keep in the house, it will always be in her room.” “Just reading her words felt like she was still here with us, she had such an incredible spirit.”
Posted on: Wed, 04 Jun 2014 23:52:12 +0000
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