![]() I have no clue if you would even like Nutella. These Nutella Dream Pocket Cookies are for you, Leigh. A lot of speculation went around about why she crashed – did she hit black ice? Was she intoxicated? Was it just bad luck? Would Leigh still be alive if she would have just worn her seatbelt? Here’s the part that shook me – I was only a few minutes away from where she crashed, out at the same time she crashed driving home from a friend’s house. Finally, we found out – Leigh died in a car crash overnight. I woke up to a text message from a friend, asking me what was up with Leigh’s best friend’s status on Facebook. Leigh spent 5 years cancer free because her leukemia went into remission. Then we reunited in the parking lot of a grocery store a few days before my 21st birthday, and soon she agreed to celebrate that weekend with me. I knew she was going through treatment, and I remember her having a close call with death. I lost touch with Leigh after I left for college. She was so close to graduating high school, and now instead of going to college, she was going to the hospital for treatments. Wait, how could our Leigh, our not-even-18-years-old Leigh have cancer? Leukemia? Is she going to live? It shook our whole senior class, the whole school. Next thing I knew, she was diagnosed with leukemia. I remember her telling me she had acid reflex and anemia. I remember our senior year after marching season was over, Leigh wasn’t feeling well. As our senior year progressed, I realized she was more of a leader than I ever could be. I was actually surprised she beat me out for section leader, and of course I was mad. Her and I competed a lot, ranging from who got the better spot during concert band to being section leader our senior year. Leigh and I went to different middle schools and reunited in high school where we both played clarinet. And we never did figure out who that man was. This is what a selfie with a disposable camera looked like. She convinced her roommates to let me stay with them, even though they said I was “too giddy.” We had so many inside jokes, including one about Murray and McFlurries, who then became McMurray because the names rhymed. ![]() One time in high school, I needed a roommate for our trip to Disney. Her bright personality still shined through, and she took care of me when I needed her. My earliest memory of her was in elementary school when we argued about something at recess and she gave me attitude. I knew Leigh for a long time, almost 15 years. ![]() For the cause, I made Nutella Dream Pocket Cookies because it is everybody’s dream to find a cure for cancer. Although my friend Leigh wasn’t diagnosed until senior year of high school, this post is for her. In 2013, OXO has pledged to donate up to $100,000 to support Cookies for Kids’ Cancer (you can find information on how you can help at the bottom of this post). September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, and Cookies for Kids’ Cancer was founded by two OXO employees in honor of their son Liam who had childhood cancer. Today I teamed up with OXO to raise money for childhood cancer. For me it was my childhood friend Leigh that I’ve known since kindergarten. As you read that word, your mind wanders to your family, your friends, the neighbor down the street. Buttery melt-in-your-mouth pocket cookies filled with Nutella in honor of Bake A Difference With OXO.Ĭancer.
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