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Stitching hope for others heals her own heart!
Woman's World
|April 20, 2026
When cancer struck her family, Cynthia Allgood leaned on the comfort of crochet to ease her grief. Then she realized others battling illness could benefit from her creations!
Not again, thought Cynthia Allgood as she was told of her nephew Haden's brain cancer diagnosis on the night of his 16th birthday party.
Her family had already faced her mom's hysterectomy for cervical cancer. Then only months later, her sister lost her twin babies, and her uncle and her older brother passed from cancer.
Through it all, Cynthia found solace in crocheting, which kept her mind off of her deep sadness.
"They're starting treatment right away," Haden's dad, Jeremy, called to tell Cynthia.
This story is from the April 20, 2026 edition of Woman's World.
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