Tara was a typical, energetic fourth grader who enjoyed soccer, piano, dance lessons, skiing, reading, music, and of course - shopping at the mall! Every year for Halloween she would dress up as a Princess with a most special tutu.

Although she had no symptoms, a routine school eye exam found a vision problem that let to the discovery of a brain tumor. Just three short weeks after her diagnosis, and one day after the surgery that revealed a fragile, inoperable tumer, Tara died unexpectedly from complications.

There are those others whose lives we affect by our actions and, never knowing who we are or what we do, they will affect our works in return. Proceeds from the purchase of each Babeez Cake will be made to The Tara Bean Foundation. A quote that Tara marked in a book has become the Foundation's mantra: "You can look through your tears and see a rainbow." The Tara Bean Foundation has such great hope for the research they are funding, headed by Dr. Craig Mello, the 2006 Nobel Prize winner who works at UMass Medical School. They see so much hope when they talk to Dr. Mello and see the passion and determination in his eyes .

Tara continues to inspire us to come together to help find better treatments and a cure for brain tumors. It is the hope of the Tara Bean Foundation that one day soon other children will no longer suffer from what Tara so bravely, and so suddenly, faced. Tara would have wanted it this way.