Dying mother pens letter to daughter for every one of life’s milestones

In April 2013, 35-year-old Heather McManamy from Wisconsin was diagnosed with stage 2b breast cancer.

McManamy, of McFarland, Wisconsin, told ABC News that every letter she gets to hand out in person will be an accomplishment.

Everything from losing her first tooth to having her first baby, Heather has written a note for every milestone in her daughter’s life.

McManamy tells CNN affiliate WMTV, “I want her to always know that I did everything I could possibly do to be here”.

“I will do anything and everything to be here for my daughter and my husband. The last one I did was for her 30th [birthday]”.

“It gives me a feeling of control over something that none of us have control over”, she explained. “To do whatever I can to make this easier on my family”.

Though Heather won’t physically be there to guide her daughter through life, she hopes that Bri will be able to find some comfort in the letters and still feel her mother’s presence.

As for how her daughter Brianna will handle life’s big moments after her mother has passed, Heather has been leaving messages, words of advice, in greeting cards and letters for “Bri” to open at the appropriate time in the future.

“It was hard once I was done, looking at this pile, this physical representation of everything I’m going to miss”. “I guess I still have hope”.

McManamy said she offers her daughter advice, shares jokes and laughs and wishes her all the happiness in the world inside more than 40 different cards.

“Bri asked me to pretend I was Elsa”, she wrote on the fundraising page. I’m just not ready to say good-bye yet.

‘That kid loves to dance and shake her butt. She’s a special, empathetic kid and she really cares for other people.’.

‘I don’t care what she does in her life. She just wants her to have them if she ever needs them. She added that if Brianna stays true to herself, “everything will be okay”.

Ms McManamy also made videos for Brianna to watch when she’s older.