About Us
Why Celtic Fairies?
Our founder, Erin, is of Irish descent and has been fascinated with Dragonflies her whole life. After realizing that she wanted to start up this foundation, to help others going through what she has at UNC Cancer Hospital, she did a lot of research into what to name the foundation.
As she sat, staring at the dragonfly tattoo on her wrist and the one her husband made her out of old fan blades, she was determined to have it named something to do with dragonflies.
Thus was born Celtic Fairies Cancer Foundation.
DRAGONFLY FAIRIES
The Dragonfly has been flitting about planet earth for about 300 million years fascinating humankind across the globe. Irish myth tells us that the “little people” ride Dragonflies as a horse to travel in the blink of an eye. Some stories imply that the Dragonfly is actually a fairy in disguise that only can be seen from the right angle. (Interestingly, when dragonfly larvae hatch, they’re called “nymphs.”) The Celts connect the Dragonfly with the ability to see truth; with the sight of the ancient, powerful Dragons who were guardians of the Sacred Stones and magical wells. (Taken from the website https://celticranch.com/blogs/celtic-culture/the-dragonfly-in-celtic-lore)
Moments of My Journey
The chemo begins...
Hemoglobin kept going LOW so I needed blood transfusions, often.
Last day of hair...it had begun falling out at this point, so I said screw it! Cut it off!
EEK! There it goes!
It was still falling out...but being buzzed, made it less stressful/noticeable when it did.
FINALLY!! Here it growing back and curly!! It was NOT curly before I got sick.
I'm totally here for the curls.
