WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - A 14-year-old who collected a Christmas card from every state died this weekend after a battle with cancer, his family confirmed.

AJ Yell’s No. 1 item on his wish list this year was Christmas cards — one from every state in the country.

It is with a heavy heart that we have to say our beautiful, sweet, boy, AJ went to meet Jesus this morning," Jessica Yell, AJ’s mother, wrote on social media. “Our hearts are broken.”

More than a week after his story was first shared, the family says it received hundreds of Christmas cards from all over the nation.

“It has been amazing. Just the love from our friends, our family, and our community, and just complete strangers has been just amazing,” Jessica Yell said. “It’s been really amazing.”

At birth, AJ was diagnosed with tu

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