Notes left behind: Six-year-old cancer victim Elena Desserich’s heartbreaking messages of love to her family | Mail Online.

Elena Desserich was diagnosed with inoperable brain cancer when she was just five years old.

During her nine-month struggle with the illness, Elena, from Wyoming, hid hundreds of notes between the pages of books, in cupboards, drawers, bags, and clothes stashed away for the winter.

So let us be clear on what is important no matter how unbearable the day is.