This 7-year-old's creative response to his mother's illness will make your heart melt

At a time when most 7-year-olds were learning to master their reading skills, Noah Orion came face to face with his mother's fatal illness. But the dire cancer diagnosis sparked a creative idea in the young boy that is now helping others. 

"I really wanted to show Noah that his bright idea could help people," shared his dad in the video above.

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