MEDICAL LAKE, Wash. - “There’s a lot of smiles," Rachel Pitts said. "And I hope that’s the part that the kids remember.”

Pictures are a time capsule, moments in history that act as the key to unlocking memories.

“And then we got to go, the doctor said we could go on a trip, so we took an RV trip to St. Louis," Rachel said.

The images tell the stories of her son, Owen Pitts, who like a lot of young guys loves basketball, his Kansas City Chiefs, and his family of six.

But these memories are bittersweet.

“He called me, and he said, ‘are you and Jason at home?’ and he didn’t have to say anything else... I can’t believe this is happening to our child kind of thing.”

Because when Owen was five years old, his parents received a devastating call: a leukemia diagnosis.

“I’m just glad I’m sti

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