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UPDATE: (Skip down to ORIGINAL POST if you were unaware of Daniel's circumstances) The good news is that Daniel has responded well to chemotherapy and had surgery to remove tumors from his liver. He is in the hospital for a few more days and then will be home recovering. BUT he and his family have a long road ahead. They have been doing their best for the last 6 months, but it has been unspeakably difficult -- physically, emotionally and financially.
Please consider doing what you can to help the Faraldo family through the next few months, whether it's bringing a meal, making a grocery run, or donating through this gofundme.
ORIGINAL POST: My daughter, Harper, has had the privilege to play with a gentle, precocious, outgoing girl named Lara for the last two soccer seasons. Lara, despite her off-field demeanor, is a skilled, reliable and ferocious defender. Harper and Lara became 2/3 of the most stingy defensive line in the league.
Over time, we have gotten to know Lara's oh-so supportive and generous parents, Daniel and Lucinda. During the season last fall, they knew every girl's name on our mutual daughter's team and became super fans in the best sense of the word.
My daughter is hard-wired to only remember the plays that went badly and as such, gets down on herself no matter how well she plays. Daniel who is a native of Argentina and understands soccer better than I ever will, always made a point to praise her after every game he attended, letting her know specifically what he saw and liked in her play, which made it very difficult for her to maintain her sour, post-game mood.
For the last couple of games in the fall season, Daniel was working in Barcelona. On Saturday evenings in Spain while his colleagues were enjoying tapas and sherry, he would find a quiet place so he could call a parent to get a play-by-play of the girl's games instead. Barcelona is 8 hours ahead of us, and he needed to know what was happening as it happened. He followed the girl's AYSO team like I followed the 1996 Chicago Bulls.
During a tournament this winter, several parents noticed that Lucinda wasn't her usual buoyant self. After a small amount of prying we learned that Daniel was experiencing severe abdominal pain and would have to abandon his job in Barcelona so he could come home for a diagnosis and treatment. Unfortunately, the news was not good. He has stage four colon cancer which has spread to his liver.
Lara and her family are facing an unimaginable challenge as she tries to make sense of what's happening and as Lucinda summons the strength, courage and balance to take care of her husband's medical needs, home-school and protect her daughter, pay mounting bills and feed the family during a time when she and her husband can no longer work, all while keeping her own strength and spirit at a viable level in the midst of the Covid19 pandemic.
This is a challenging time for all of us, but it's also a time when, more than ever, we need to look out for each other.
Please consider a small donation to help for this family in their time of great need.
With deep gratitude,
Peter
Please consider doing what you can to help the Faraldo family through the next few months, whether it's bringing a meal, making a grocery run, or donating through this gofundme.
ORIGINAL POST: My daughter, Harper, has had the privilege to play with a gentle, precocious, outgoing girl named Lara for the last two soccer seasons. Lara, despite her off-field demeanor, is a skilled, reliable and ferocious defender. Harper and Lara became 2/3 of the most stingy defensive line in the league.
Over time, we have gotten to know Lara's oh-so supportive and generous parents, Daniel and Lucinda. During the season last fall, they knew every girl's name on our mutual daughter's team and became super fans in the best sense of the word.
My daughter is hard-wired to only remember the plays that went badly and as such, gets down on herself no matter how well she plays. Daniel who is a native of Argentina and understands soccer better than I ever will, always made a point to praise her after every game he attended, letting her know specifically what he saw and liked in her play, which made it very difficult for her to maintain her sour, post-game mood.
For the last couple of games in the fall season, Daniel was working in Barcelona. On Saturday evenings in Spain while his colleagues were enjoying tapas and sherry, he would find a quiet place so he could call a parent to get a play-by-play of the girl's games instead. Barcelona is 8 hours ahead of us, and he needed to know what was happening as it happened. He followed the girl's AYSO team like I followed the 1996 Chicago Bulls.
During a tournament this winter, several parents noticed that Lucinda wasn't her usual buoyant self. After a small amount of prying we learned that Daniel was experiencing severe abdominal pain and would have to abandon his job in Barcelona so he could come home for a diagnosis and treatment. Unfortunately, the news was not good. He has stage four colon cancer which has spread to his liver.
Lara and her family are facing an unimaginable challenge as she tries to make sense of what's happening and as Lucinda summons the strength, courage and balance to take care of her husband's medical needs, home-school and protect her daughter, pay mounting bills and feed the family during a time when she and her husband can no longer work, all while keeping her own strength and spirit at a viable level in the midst of the Covid19 pandemic.
This is a challenging time for all of us, but it's also a time when, more than ever, we need to look out for each other.
Please consider a small donation to help for this family in their time of great need.
With deep gratitude,
Peter
Organizer and beneficiary
Peter Spruyt
Organizer
Los Angeles, CA
Lucinda Faraldo
Beneficiary