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<div>Liz was first diagnosed with oral cancer in 2023 and underwent surgery. Last fall, another, larger cancer was detected, and surgeons had to remove a large portion of Liz’s tongue as a result. At 65, she had to teach herself how to speak again.
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<div>Early this spring, scans revealed the cancer is back. Now, the only path forward is an aggressive course of radiation and chemotherapy.
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<div><strong>Her treatment began Monday, May 4</strong>, <strong>with radiation and chemotherapy infusions over the next seven weeks.</strong> Recovery is expected to take an additional eight weeks.
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<div>If you already know Liz, you understand why we’re here. If you’re able to help, please consider clicking the Donate Now button. Thank you.
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<div>For those who don’t know her yet: Liz is an artist, dancer, and designer who brings joy the moment she walks into a room. She grew up between Belgium, Venezuela, Massachusetts, and Maine, and carries that rich, creative spirit into everything she does.
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<div>She’s connected to poet Edna St. Vincent Millay and serves on the board of the Millay House in Rockland—a place deeply tied to her family’s history. Her grandfather knew Millay as a child, before the world did.
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<div>In 2020, while most people were staying put, Liz made a bold decision to move from California to Maine—guided not by convention, but by a commitment to live authentically. That same courage shows up in her paintings, her design work, and the way she lives her life.
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<div>After her second surgery last fall, Liz had to relearn how to speak, how to swallow, and even how to eat. It has been a difficult recovery—but she has moved through it with courage, patience, and grace. And she believed the worst was behind her.
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<div>But the cancer has now spread from her mouth to her lymph nodes. The treatment she begins on May 4 is serious: 33 radiation sessions (5 days a week) over 7 weeks, running alongside once-weekly chemotherapy infusions. Her medical team has been clear: the effects are cumulative. Each week will get harder, and the most difficult period often comes after treatment ends, when the body is at its most depleted.
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<div>Because Liz’s treatment is in Bath, Maine—an hour-and-a-half from her home in Belfast—she is relocating there for the duration of care, renting a home near the hospital so she can stay in a comfortable, restful environment. This will allow Liz to avoid the strain of constant travel and focus her energy where it’s needed most—getting through treatment. From the very start, and throughout this process, a rotating group of close friends and family will be providing care and support. One of us will be with her around the clock.
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<div>While she is undergoing treatment, her regular expenses won’t pause. Liz will be responsible for rent on her Belfast apartment, along with her painting studio. Liz is self-employed, and during this treatment, working simply isn’t going to be possible.
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<div>This fundraiser exists for one reason: to remove financial stress so Liz can focus entirely on getting through treatment. We are deeply grateful for any support you’re able to give. Every contribution—no matter the size—truly makes a difference.
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<div>To be fully transparent, here is how the funds will be used (estimated to be three months):
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<div>Insurance deductibles and out-of-pocket medical expenses: $14,500
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<div>If you’re not in a position to donate, sharing this page can make a meaningful difference. It only takes a moment, and it helps us reach others who may be able to help.
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<div>Thank you for taking the time to read this—and for caring about Liz.
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Help Lizzie Through Her Toughest Battle

<img src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/53916412_161150073379452_r.jpeg" alt="53916412_161150073379452_r.jpeg" width="100%" media_type="3" /><br />If you know her, you love her. If you don’t (yet) know her, you will be instantly charmed by her kindness, generosity and exuberant joy for life!<br /><br />Anna Maria Tocci is a devoted friend, beloved daughter and sister, dedicated wife to her husband, Justin, and an adoring mother of two young daughters, Juna and Anya.<br /><br />As a main stay of the Portland, Maine community for more than 20 years, you might recognize Anna as the owner of Greenlight Studio, an indoor play space that served area families and created a community of support and fun for young families.<br /><br /><img src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/53916412_1611500887535305_r.jpeg" alt="53916412_1611500887535305_r.jpeg" width="100%" media_type="3" /><br />Before that, she was the visionary and proprietor of the North Star café, a popular area restaurant and music venue with a special leaning toward promoting local talent.<br /><br />Whether it is supporting families, up-and-coming artists, or the many ways in which she cares for people and builds connection, Anna has always nurtured a vision beyond herself. She is a natural cheerleader, a giver and a true lover of all.<br /><br /><img src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/53916412_1611531657240960_r.jpeg" alt="53916412_1611531657240960_r.jpeg" width="100%" media_type="3" /><br />Anna never quits, even when life “gives her lemons”. After closing her business last year due to COVID, she had taken on a variety of jobs to help support her young family. But now Anna faces another big challenge…cancer.<br /><br />While visiting her family in Vermont, Anna started feeling ill. She chalked it up to fatigue, or stress, or a virus. After a few weeks of intensifying symptoms, Anna found herself in the emergency room and was quickly and unimaginably diagnosed with an aggressive and invasive type of brain tumor called a glioblastoma.<br /><br />After suffering an equally unexpected seizure on January 14, 2020, Anna was rushed into emergency brain surgery to reduce the tumor and buy her time to get to other treatments including radiation and chemotherapy.<br /><br /><img src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/53916412_1611531881775907_r.jpeg" alt="53916412_1611531881775907_r.jpeg" width="100%" media_type="3" /><br />With her typical bright outlook and grace, Anna is focused on the silver linings and the lessons she is being offered by this experience. Even so, she has long and expensive journey ahead.<br /><br />Always one to jump in early to help friends, family and even strangers, we are now asking for your contribution to assist Anna and her family while they navigate this tricky time.<br /><br /><img src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/53916412_1611532516484669_r.jpeg" alt="53916412_1611532516484669_r.jpeg" width="100%" media_type="3" /><br />Anna’s treatment will require extensive (and expensive!) medical intervention and supportive care such as physical therapy and occupational therapy as well as complimentary care to ease her along.  Of course her family also requires contributions toward their daily life as Anna is and will be unable to work. <br /><br />Friends, our precious Anna Maria’s task in this moment is clear – to rest, to heal and to gather strength, courage and energy for the challenges ahead. Taking the financial burden from her and her family is the key to lifting up these brave and kind people. Time is of the essence and every dollar is useful (10’s, 100’s and 1000’s are more useful ). Will you help?<br /><br /><img src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/53916412_1611523484939284_r.jpeg" alt="53916412_1611523484939284_r.jpeg" width="100%" media_type="3" />

Anna Maria Tocci's Magical Healing Journey

<p>Sometimes life is cruel to the kindest people in the world, and I’m pissed off about it. My dear cousin Rhad, his generous, thoughtful, and brave wife Athena—a home health and Hospice nurse—and their innocent, sweet 3-year-old daughter Sephy have been through the ringer, and now they really need your help as they gear up to <strong>fight cancer for the THIRD TIME.</strong><br /> <br /><img src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/44878204_1579479717375098_r.jpeg" alt="44878204_1579479717375098_r.jpeg" width="100%" media_type="3" /><br />As a far-away family member, I had felt helpless until Athena recently confessed—to a small group of close friends—that their financial situation is adding to their stress. After a lot of cajoling a few of us were able to convince them to let me set up this GoFundMe campaign because, well, nobody likes to ask for help and sharing one’s personal story in such a public way is scary and makes you vulnerable. But… enough is enough, it’s past time. These amazing people need all the love, support and positive energy the world can throw their way.<br /> <br />Cancer. It’s word we all dread the most – and this beautiful young family has heard it, again, and again. It’s just not fair. Now, after everything they’ve faced over the last few years, on January 4th, literally 3.5 weeks after being told they were cancer-free, Athena had a seizure, which led to finding two tumors on her brain. Treatable… thank god. In fact, the odds are good, but it’ll take another round of aggressive treatment. Possibly surgery.<br /> <br />They are already up to their eyeballs in bills, and they need help. Help to cover the costs of childcare, home care, physical therapy, alternative treatments, supplements and frankly, everything that goes with trying to heal your body. It all adds up, quickly.<br /> <br />Athena is a nurse. A HOSPICE nurse. She has dedicated her life to helping people when they are sick and dying. She helps people when they need it the most. Now it’s time for us to help her.<br /> <br />The Bottom Line - Nothing can take away the pain and suffering this family has been through and is now so tragically facing again. But any help, no matter how small, can help lessen their financial stress and is deeply, deeply appreciated. Rest assured, all donations will go directly to Rhad and Athena. And thank you, for anything you can do.<br /> <br /><img src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/44878204_1579480112784575_r.jpeg" alt="44878204_1579480112784575_r.jpeg" width="100%" media_type="3" /><br />If you’d like to understand more of what I mean when I say “everything they’ve been through” please read on:<br /> <br /><strong>The Backstory</strong><br />Rhad and Athena have a beautiful love story. Two talented musicians who fell in love, dated for many years, and finally got married in a lovely ceremony on the land of Rhad’s family home in Maine. It was magical.
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<p><br /><img src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/44878204_1579480813310694_r.jpeg" alt="44878204_1579480813310694_r.jpeg" width="100%" media_type="3" /><br /><br />Rhad is my fun-loving cousin on my father’s side. He’s really a big kid, with a huge grin and a passion for all things play, including video games, Toys R Us, the guitar and the piano. His musical talents are legendary in our family as he can make up a song, on any subject, at the drop of a hat. It’s astounding.<br /> <br />Athena is his perfect match. With a voice like an angel, an infectious giggle, a heart for wounded people and animals alike, and a seemingly endless amount of patience… we almost couldn’t believe she existed. And she shares a birthday and a Greek-origin name with Rhad’s beloved sister Aglaia. Too good to be true really. But it was.<br /> <br /><strong>The Bumpy Road to Babies</strong><br />In 2013 Rhad and Athena were ready to expand their family. Imagine their surprise to find it wasn’t as easy to get pregnant as we all learned growing up. In fact, it took almost a year. They were elated when they finally got pregnant, only to be destroyed when she miscarried shortly thereafter.<br /> <br />Another year of trying, a second pregnancy, and then at 11 weeks, right before they could safely begin telling people their exciting news, a second miscarriage. They were devastated but bravely decided to try one last time… nine months later, they were pregnant again.<br /> <br />This time though, weeks into the pregnancy, Athena was diagnosed with breast cancer.<br /> <br /><strong>Cancer While Pregnant</strong><br />Turns out you can be treated for cancer while pregnant so, understanding the risks, they decided to do everything they could to save the hard-won pregnancy while also treating Athena. It was a brutal situation, but when she was 3 months pregnant, she had a single mastectomy. She then endured chemo while she was pregnant, and amazingly didn’t lose the baby. Finally, little Sephy came into the world. Healthy and perfect.<br /> <br />More chemo and treatment for Athena meant the first year of Sephy’s life was incredibly difficult, but they made it through, and all was looking great. Athena successfully underwent reconstructive surgery and was well on the road to a healthy, normal life.<br /> <br /><strong>Sephy’s Surgery</strong><br />Sephy, it turned out, wasn’t as healthy as we all thought. She had a congenital issue (unrelated to the chemo) which meant one kidney didn’t develop properly, so in 2018 she had surgery to remove it. Surgery to remove an organ from a 2-year-old is a big deal, but it cured the problem and things were looking up again.<br /> <br /><img src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/44878204_1579479800488965_r.jpeg" alt="44878204_1579479800488965_r.jpeg" width="100%" media_type="3" /><br /><strong>Cancer Returns</strong><br />In July of 2018, Athena had what she thought was tennis elbow. It ended up being a benign tumor in her shoulder, but the exploration led to a battery of other tests which ultimately found more cancer. This time it was three cancerous lymph nodes in her chest.<br /> <br />It would require aggressive treatment throughout all of 2019 including intensive radiation that made her extremely sick and left her with burns and other complications, requiring pain meds and PT, just to give her range of motion in her arm.
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<p><img src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/44878204_1579479946834337_r.jpeg" alt="44878204_1579479946834337_r.jpeg" width="100%" media_type="3" /><br /><br />2019 was a very difficult year, but it was all worth it when on December 10th, 2019 she was deemed cancer free! It was a perfect gift, right before the holidays, and they enjoyed a light and wonderful 2019 holiday season.<br /> <br /><strong>Just 3.5 Weeks Later, More…</strong><br />On January 4th, 2020, while driving from the ceremony to the reception for their best friend’s wedding, Athena, sitting in the passenger seat, had a seizure. She was taken by ambulance to the ER and initially told it was likely caused by a migraine. She insisted Rhad go to the reception without her (he was supposed to DJ) and he reluctantly did. After Rhad left, Athena received the devastating news that in fact, there was evidence of two masses in her brain. What did Athena do? She put her wedding attire back on and followed Rhad to the reception where they danced all night. She didn’t reveal anything to Rhad until the next morning, so as to not taint the occasion. This is the kind of person we’re talking about.<br /><br /><img src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/44878204_1579479846858102_r.jpeg" alt="44878204_1579479846858102_r.jpeg" width="100%" media_type="3" /><br /><strong>Brain Tumors</strong><br />Now you’re up to date. They need to make a decision and ramp up to fight again. We all know they’re going to beat this. They are fighters and Sephy is too young to lose her mom. They have fought too hard. Hopefully, raising some money for them will help them fight one less fight at such a terrible time.<br /> <br />If you’ve gotten this far, thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for anything you can do to support this amazing little family. This world needs more people like Rhad and Athena, and their little Sephy.<br /><br /><img src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/44878204_1579480010404217_r.jpeg" alt="44878204_1579480010404217_r.jpeg" width="100%" media_type="3" />
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Medical Bills for Rhad and Athena

For those of you who may not know, last Christmas, my mom, Maribeth, was diagnosed with stage 4 brain cancer. Of course this was devastating news not only to her family but to everyone who knows her. She had been struggling throughout the fall with headaches and dizziness but thought it was allergies. It progressively worsened until Dom took her to the ER on December 27th. <br /><br />Maribeth had emergency brain surgery at Brigham and Women's hospital three days after Christmas to have a tumor the size of a lime removed. <br /><br />Naturally, she was eating toast the next morning and wondering how many doctors and nurses noticed her holiday mani pedi during her hospital stay...<br /><br />Eight months later, here we are. As I write this we all just spent the weekend in Cape Cod with Greg's family, the first time we have all been together since what I refer to as "the accident." Always the optimists, we view this past winter as a minor hiccup. Maribeth's biggest complaint is that her corn hole game isn't quite as strong as it's been in years past. She never lets on that she has battled grade 4 glioblastoma, the most aggressive and fast growing kind of brain cancer that exists. <br /><br />She has insisted since December 28th that she has her band of angels with her, and she has never wavered in her fervent belief that this is all going to be fine. <br /><br />Mom and Dom are slowly getting back on their feet. By slowly, I mean Maribeth is back to work, driving, mowing her lawn in 90-degree heat up a huge hill. She'll soon be laying mulch before the color fades too much. <br /><br />With world renowned chemo and radiation treatment at Dana Farber,  we are so thankful that her last two brain scans have been completely clear. <br /><br />Inevitably, the bills are adding up, and they're still coming in. <br /><br />Maribeth is fiercely independent and won't let anyone buy so much as a sandwich for her. She has been a caretaker her whole life--her kids, husband, grandkids, friends, cats, neighbors...she also cares for animals for a living. <br /><br />Having dedicated her whole life to others, my mom doesn't know how to ask for help. As her family, we are asking for her. Anything you can give makes a tremendous difference in easing this financial burden, and no donation is too small. <br /><br />Thank you so much!

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