Little Ryder needs your prayers

When Harrison was a baby, he had extreme colic. It wasn't unusual for him to scream 15 hours a day. The only 40 minutes of the whole week that he never seemed to scream was at baby group.... I was the crazy lady that asked everyone "does your baby scream all the time? Yes people kind of avoided me, I was not fully sane at that time. But one person was kind to me, her name was Nicole. We hit it off and find out she had been at highschool with my brother. Her little guy Ryder seemed to be strong from birth, while ours were all learning to stand, Ryder was running at full speed up and down corridors. He NEVER stopped moving, he was a bundle of joy and energy. We met Nic and Ryder in London when the boys were about 2.5. We rode the carousel, hid in the red phone boxes and the boys had room service at the Savoy! I was checking facebook last week when I saw a post from Nicole saying "brain cancer sucks and has met its match in my son...he WILL beat it" I frantically tried to put the pieces together as I wept. I now know that Ryder was diagnosed with inoperable brain cancer on May 26th and is undergoing chemotherapy. At the end of each of their journal entries is the quote "Every day in every way Ryder IS getting better" A trust fund has been set up for Ryder and tomorrow my friend Elena and I are going to get together to come up with ideas to raise money for the family. I was going to do the Cancer awareness walk this month, but instead am going to focus my efforts on raising money for this family. Money does not make things better, but not worrying about rent and bills will allow them to focus all of their energy on their little guy. Ryder IS the strongest little guy that I know, he was riding his bike on skateboard ramps without his training wheels at 3!!!! If anyone can fight this, he can. The family has a bike shop called Sharpeys http://www.sharpeyscycles.com If you need a bike PLEASE buy from them. Keeping their business strong will be a big help. Please visit their journal, and send a prayer or positive thoughts into the universe for them. My heart is aching for this wonderful family, I'm off to curl into bed with my little ones and breath in their smell and kiss their sleeping heads. Cherish every second of every day (even when you feel like your patience is gone and you want to hide under the table. Ryder's journal is: http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/ryder.