About
River August Folan was a beautiful little girl with bright blue eyes and a great love for all things funny. She liked bugs, and dirt, watching the clouds roll by and running from shady spot to shady spot on her street. Her curiosity knew no bounds and her spirit no chains. Her life was one of freedom, love, joy, and exploration. She had a thousand dreams, which were matched two-fold with her parent’s dreams for her.
Out of nowhere a few months after her 4th birthday, River had a pain in her right hip. Thirteen months from the first Dr’s appointment to check out the hip, River died from a rare form of pediatric cancer called Neuroblastoma.
Despite having her world destroyed, watching her parents’ heartbreak, and enduring grueling treatments, River continued to be a shining light in the lives of many many people. At the hospital, she learned to stand brave-chested, make balloon animals from surgical gloves, understand thousands of medical terms and tell Knock Knock jokes to break the tension. At home, she made every moment of freedom into hers and continued to seek rolly polls under rocks and build community on her block.
From the tragedy of River’s story, others have learned that life is precious and fragile, AND that love is infinite.
River’s Forest is a project to honor and nurture the gifts that River brought to the world and share them with next generations of life in all its forms.
Out of nowhere a few months after her 4th birthday, River had a pain in her right hip. Thirteen months from the first Dr’s appointment to check out the hip, River died from a rare form of pediatric cancer called Neuroblastoma.
Despite having her world destroyed, watching her parents’ heartbreak, and enduring grueling treatments, River continued to be a shining light in the lives of many many people. At the hospital, she learned to stand brave-chested, make balloon animals from surgical gloves, understand thousands of medical terms and tell Knock Knock jokes to break the tension. At home, she made every moment of freedom into hers and continued to seek rolly polls under rocks and build community on her block.
From the tragedy of River’s story, others have learned that life is precious and fragile, AND that love is infinite.
River’s Forest is a project to honor and nurture the gifts that River brought to the world and share them with next generations of life in all its forms.
