Meredith Legg Stapleton
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This blog was created to share memories, pictures and stories about our beautiful Meredith. On April 13, 2009, at age 22, Meredith was diagnosed with ocular melanoma, a rare form of cancer that affects around 2,000 Americans per year.
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Thank you to everyone who left messages and shared their special thoughts and memories of Meredith. These are just a few…
Today is Meredith’s 30th Birthday. I am sure we would have celebrated at the UNC/DUKE game
tonight. We love you Meredith – Mom
Today is Meredith’s 30th birthday. Miss her so. – Dad
Today Meredith would have been 30. I love this memory of when she would work with Chase on his dribbling in the kitchen. He adored her. Happy Birthday Merebear. – Lyndsi (sister)
Happy 30th birthday, sweet Meredith !! Watch over our Heels tonight! –Courtney ..read more
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SYDNEY TOOLE!!!
Below is the beautiful announcement of this special award from the Mead Hall newsletter “In the Loop”
Dear Mead Hall families and friends,
Valor is a virtue reserved for a select few… knights in shining armor, pilgrims in foreign lands, patriots protecting their country, and one former Mead Hall basketball coach.
Meredith Legg wasn’t just any basketball coach. She coached our middle school girls basketball team to their first winning season, their first league championship…and their second! She was a record-setting, all-time high scorer at USC-A. &nbs ..read more
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On February 24, 2017, 3 years after Meredith’s passing, USC-Aiken Jersey #24 (Meredith’s number) was gifted to her parents in a moving ceremony. Read more about this emotional and special celebration of Meredith’s life here ..read more
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In December 2016, DIFF Charitable Eyewear featured people whose lives have been impacted by ocular melanoma. Here is the post about Meredith:
“Not only was she my daughter, she was my friend. Being Meredith’s mom was one of the greatest experiences a mother could have. I watched her as she grew up and everyday she excelled in something. She was loving, funny, athletic, a scholar, and her love for the Lord was beyond anything I have ever seen. April 8, 2009, she lost her peripheral vision and immediately went to the school nurse. She was referred to a specialist who immediately ..read more
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President Jimmy Carter was recently presented with a Courage Award at the 20th Anniversary Wings of Hope for Melanoma gala by the Melanoma Research Foundation (MRF). President Carter is the great uncle to Meredith’s husband. In this video for the MRF, President Carter discusses the advances that have been made in the treatment of melanoma since Meredith’s untimely passing ..read more
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Still so many tributes to you on Facebook and otherwise. Memorial walks and runs in support of great causes and in memory of one so special.
Always in our hearts and thoughts. Never forgotten.
To support Ocular Melanoma resreach: https://www.gofundme.com/milesformeredith ..read more
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16 months ago today we lost our sweet Meredith and this morning, Meredith’s wonderful sister Lyndsi gave birth to a baby boy 8lbs12oz.
James 1:17
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from heaven
Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the plans I have for you
We wish this new precious boy a lifetime of love, good health and happiness and know that he will be a testament to his guardian angel ..read more
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It means so much when people continue to post and share pictures of Meredith.
Our new friend and amazing warrior Kristi!
Recently, an incredible woman from California, a melanoma warrior herself, has been turning her personal Facebook page into a melanoma awareness tool. With some 2,400 followers, the amazing Kristi has created albums for melanoma warriors and melanoma angels. Last night we were very touched to see her feature Meredith on her page https://www.facebook.com/kristi.nyhuis/posts/10205566746901551
Thank you Kristi and everyone who keeps Meredith in their thoughts ..read more
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As your sister Lyndsi said so perfectly, we celebrate you today and the beautiful life you lived ..read more
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“While reading Meredith’s bible she had underlined:
2 Peter 5:6-7, 10-11
5 Humble yourselves, therefore under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.
6 Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.
10 And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast. 11To him be the power for ever and ever. Amen.
I find this for the first time on the night/day I needed to hear from her the most. NOTHING is a coincidence. God knew I needed to see this. He ..read more