"We're more than blessed," said Joanne Lee, about her daughter, Samantha, 9, a fourth-grader at McKitrick Elementary School, who is in remission from leukemia after two- and a-half years of treatment. "There's a lot of people here who don't have their kids with them. So every day is a blessing. It's a wonderful thing." With Joanne and Samantha is their son and brother, Matthew, 6.

"We're more than blessed," said Joanne Lee, about her daughter, Samantha, 9, a fourth-grader at McKitrick Elementary School, who is in remission from leukemia after two- and a-half years of treatment. "There's a lot of people here who don't have their kids with them. So every day is a blessing. It's a wonderful thing." With Joanne and Samantha is their son and brother, Matthew, 6.