Dog Postcards for Anthony

Arzu Tunca graduated with a degree in Communications from Marmara University in Istanbul/Turkiye, before finding work in advertising. She then started an interactive agency with one of the biggest e-mail marketing companies in Turkey. When she realized she couldn't chase her dreams in the corporate world, she immigrated to America with just two bags and started from scratch. Before she started up her publishing company, she followed her nose for a lot of different adventures, and now she does what she loves: writing and publishing cause-related books and turning them into awareness campaigns.Her purpose is to raise the collective consciousness to create a more loving and peaceful world. Knowing that adults can wear deep scars of their past due to lack of love, attachment, and self-confidence, she believes that if we can help children feel safe, loving, and worthy, they will grow into grounding, kind, peaceful and purpose-driven adults. So really, she is writing books not just for the children of today, but for the adults of the future. Arzu Tunca is a Turkish-American author and the founder of Arzu Tunca Publishing LLC. Her indie-publishing house is a women-owned small business based in Los Angeles, CA.She is also the author/publisher of the Serenade for My Baby Picture Children's Book series, (serenadeformybaby.com) and artist manager/publisher of World renown artist Ugur Gallenkus @ugurgallen.

¿ Anthony has cancer. His body is in pain, his mind filled with fear, and he has worry in his heart. ¿The only thing that keeps him happy and smiling is the love of therapy dogs at the hospital. Sadly, dog visits are short, and they have to leave to see other sick kids, too.
Seeing how much Anthony loves these dogs, his mother decides to set up a Facebook page to encourage friends to share photos of their dogs to cheer him up. Surprisingly, out of the blue, thousands of people from all over the world began sending pictures of their dogs to help him feel better.
Anthony and his mom look and laugh at the doggy photos every day, but unfortunately, because of some mean-spirited posts, Facebook decides to take down the page. All the photos are gone, just like Kibbles from a hungry dog's bowl! Around the same time, Anthony's treatment caused him to lose his hair. Now, Anthony thinks he's being punished for something!


¿ Inspired by the healing power of the love of the dogs ¿
Little does Anthony know, however, he has his very own dog angel watching over him, who sees his pain and decides to hatch a plan. With a few heavenly barks, the dog angel gives the dogs of the Earth the amazing power to send their own photo as postcards with silly sayings, helpful advice, and words of encouragement.
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Anthony's Facebook page went viral in 2015, with more than a million doggie photos posted for Anthony while he was treated at Phoenix Children's Hospital. This photo-sharing grabbed the attention of all major media nationwide and aired on stations such as CNN, Fox, ABC, The Rachel Ray Show, and was also reported on in the Chicago Tribune, The Times, USA Today, Business Insider, Yahoo, HuffPost, and many more.
This amazing story shows the power of positive thinking when combined with love and friendship. It gives children and adults with similar struggles a source of inspiration, shows hope, and helps them smile through the pain.