Parent, Survivor
Malachi was a lively toddler when a stubborn cough led his mother to the emergency room. Tests revealed leukemia, and life narrowed overnight. Meghan held fast to hope and to the boy she calls the light of her world. “This little boy is a light. Literally a light,” she says. “Alex’s Place gives a lot of people hope. It gave me my strength.”
At Alex’s Place, care came with joy, play, and people who learned Malachi by name and spirit. Treatments were serious, yet the days felt human. Meghan watched her son find himself again. He waved the start flag at the Dolphins Cancer Challenge XIV and met friends who cheered him on. The experience reminded their family that this community does more than raise money. It shows up.
Today, Malachi is in first grade. He loves football, asks big questions, and carries the same spark that lit each long day of care. For Meghan, gratitude sits beside resolve. She believes in what the DCC makes possible at Sylvester and in the lift it gives to families like hers. “I was really happy to see there is a support system,” she says. “People willing to go to bat and be there just like us.”
Their story is one of faith, joy, and the steady work of recovery. It is a reminder that behind every research breakthrough and every mile at the DCC is a child who wants to run, laugh, and grow.
Watch Meghan & Malachi Jenkins's full story here at Faces of the DCC.
