Today would be Michael Manteris' 20th Birthday and I'm changing lanes to bring you a very special interview with Michael's mom, Jessica Aldrich, seven years after his passing. In 2016 Michael Manteris, an 11-year-old student at Garrett Jr. High, was diagnosed with Lukemia. It was a story that brought our community together like nothing I had seen before. Michael was healthy, funny, charming, athletic and loved by everyone who knew him. He had a smile that could light up the entire town and there wasn't a person in Boulder City who didn't know of his illness and wasn't actively praying for him. For five months, from Halloween to Easter, we followed Michael's battle with cancer through the social media posts his mother posted from Children's Hospital of Los Angeles. On March 30th 2017, Michael lost that battle. I have the honor of sitting down with Jessica for a courageous and emotional conversation about Michael and the last months of his life from the time he checked out of school to his passing and the aftermath. This may be a difficult podcast to listen to, I apologize. I want to thank Jessica for her tremendous courage in sharing such a deeply personal story with our community. Please continue to keep the Manteris and Aldrich families in your prayers, there is still much healing underway. God bless you all!

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