Articles & Blog Posts About Mitchell's Journey

I’ve hesitated whether to post this.  Some things are best left among family.  But, my church’s General Conference this past weekend was packed full of inspirational and motivational talks.  I can say the experience has left me feeling a bit braver.  

So, without panicking anyone, whether you’re a friend or loved one who didn’t get a call from my mom or the” Italian calling tree,” let me just say, I’m fine.  And, for anyone who may be critical and think this is about attention, well, you need to get a heart.  Which just happens to be what this post is about. 

http://www.shareloveserve.com/2014/10/my-heart-grew-bigger-mitchells-journey.html

This story is told on the facebook page Mitchell’s Journey. 

Ten-year-old Mitchell Jones, who died, Saturday morning at 1:30 a.m. from a heart that had deteriorated due to Duchenne muscular dystrophy was a boy who belonged to thousands because his parents had told his story in the most personal terms on a Facebook page that had more than 60,000 followers.

His parents, Chris and Natalie Jones, believed the burden would be lightened if they shared their anguish-and so they did in photos, videos that include doctor’s reports and their vivid reactions and journal entries. People fell in love with this little boy, who had first been diagnosed with this ravaging disease when he was only a three-year-old toddler. Even that picture is preserved, a three-year-old cuddled in the arms of his mother who could hardly handle the news she had just heard.

http://ldsmag.com/article-1-12308/