This 8-year-old lost her mom to brain cancer – then only got one RSVP to her birthday party. So, strangers helped her celebrate
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"My little sister turns eight tomorrow. Her birthday party is going to be this week. Our mom died of brain cancer 83 days ago. One. One child from her class RSVP'ed," Chloe Sexton says in her now-viral TikTok video, tears in her eyes. "Her whole class knew what happened, ok?"
Chloe is 20 years older than her little sister, Charlotte. She's always been like a second mom to her. But when their mom died in April, she became her guardian.
Their mom battled brain cancer for most of Charlotte's life, undergoing five surgeries over 11 years. So, Charlotte wasn't accustomed to celebrating her birthday with a big party. Chloe wanted to throw her a big one for her upcoming 8th birthday.
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