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Jan.07.2011
As the Letter Writing Campaign Heats Up... my next letter to Oprah...
Dear Oprah,
Hi, it’s Melinda again. When I returned to school after treatment ended, it was rough.
From Grace:
Another event happened at school, although this one was less than fortunate. People were mean. Several run-ins with...
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Jan.06.2011
And the daily letter writing continues... hope all 52,000 people are sending in their letters!
http://bit.ly/br6Mrg
Dear Oprah,
Thank you for your compassion in reading my daily letters requesting you to do a show on childhood cancer. People keep reminding me that time is running out. Since this...
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Jan.05.2011
Our mission continues with daily letters to Oprah...
Dear Oprah,
It is me, Melinda again, writing to ask you to please do a show on childhood cancer. The purpose of my daily letters is not to annoy you, but to engage you in my mission of hope. If you look at the Oprah, Please Do a Show on...
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Jan.03.2011
As a member of the 51,000 people who have joined together to ask Oprah to do a show on childhood cancer, I have been writing daily letters to Oprah. "Like No One Else," Oprah has the ability to join together the people who will make enormous strides toward a cure. And so, my letter...
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Jan.02.2011
Dear Oprah,
It’s me, Melinda again, with Part II of my “Squeak-Squeak”2011 New Year Letter to you. I am inspired, motivated, and thankful to be a soldier in the passionate Facebook army of over 51,000 people who are asking you to do a show on childhood cancer. Suddenly, my “Squeak” is multiplied...
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Jan.01.2011
Happy New Year to my family and friends... my mission to stop childhood cancer will escalate in 2011!
Dear Oprah,
I wish Happy New Year to you and your staff. The very first thing I must do in 2011 is to write to you (again—appreciate your patience, letter reader producers.) There are those who...
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Dec.30.2010
Nicholas, Mom, and I drove to Santa Barbara today and spent the day with Jaynie =) Shopping, beach, Rowan and Maclintock, lunch at Brophy Brothers… some serious gratitude…
So much gratitude, my joy from the day is spilling over into my letter of the day to Oprah.
Dear Oprah,
By the grace of God, I...
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Dec.29.2010
Dear Oprah,
My name is Melinda Marchiano, and I am sixteen years old. Three years ago this day, I was at Cottage Hospital receiving chemo for Hodgkin lymphoma. You can imagine my gratitude today. Really, unless you have been taken to the brink of death over and over again, you cannot—even with the...
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Dec.28.2010
Dear Oprah,
Hi, it’s me again, Melinda. I don’t mean to exasperate your producers by sending letters to you every day; I am part of the 51,000 people- Facebook movement asking you to do a show on childhood cancer. This is our way of expressing the urgency of our heartfelt request for you to give a...
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Dec.26.2010
My Christmas Day Letter to Oprah…
Dear Oprah,
My name is Melinda Marchiano and I am sixteen years old. When I was thirteen, I was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma. Today, I am in remission and working hard to stop childhood cancer—yes, I am writing to you on Christmas Day. If I could open my heart...
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Dec.23.2010
When people tell me, “I hope you get everything you want for Christmas,” I know they mean well and that their words come from love. What I really, really want is not a thing. And I know all of you who follow my blog know exactly what it is that I want. Could it be the same as my Make-A-Wish?
Today...
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Dec.20.2010
Happy Holidays everyone! Are there wrapping paper, tape, scissors, ribbon, bows, cookies, candy, Hershey Kisses everywhere?
Yikes, we had near disaster tonight in our Christmas/pet chaos. It's been raining for four days, and our dog Larry has been spending time inside with us during the day rather...
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Dec.17.2010
Dear Cancer,
Three years ago, on December 18, 2007, Dr. Dan called to tell me that my second biopsy revealed your identity– Hodgkin lymphoma. You were so clever in your hiding-- so adept in disguising your destruction-- that you nearly got away with suffocating me before we even found where you...
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Dec.16.2010
All week-long, the music from The Nutcracker has been playing in my head. After five performances last weekend, it is still with me! I wish that all of you could see how talented the people are who I dance with. Not only are they talented, but I love each of them like they are my sister. It’s an...
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Dec.15.2010
I received great news today from Carina Corral Grey at KSBY– she won a Golden Mike Award! Golden Mikes are awards given by the Radio & Television News Association of Southern California, and the award she will be receiving at the Award Dinner is for:
TV-17- Best Hard News Series Reporting in...
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About Melinda
Melinda Marchiano lives in the rolling, oak-studded hills of the Central Coast of California. Homeschooled up until high school, Melinda had the freedom to write and to create from a young age. Now in high school, she is academically at the top of her class...
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Causes Melinda Marchiano Supports
Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation
Children's Miracle Network
American Cancer Society Relay for LIfe