Please Help :)

In the last month and a half since Kaelyn was born, many of our loved ones have asked us if there is anything they can do for us. Right now really all we need is your prayers and faith. But there is someone out there that needs your help, and we ask that you will donate, even just a small amount in honor of our little girl.

Heather, Zoey's mother is training for a marathon. Not just any marathon, the Nike Women's Marathon as part of the The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Team In Training. She and her daughter are running in behalf of their beautiful daughter and sister, Miss Zoey and all those who have fought the good fight against Leukemia. I encourage you to visit their blog and partake of their amazing strength and optimism. They have ran the long race of cancer treatment & survival, and have done it with grace. The world is a better place because Miss Zoey and her story that her mother has so graciously shared with us.



In order to participate in this race, Heather needs to earn $3,300.00 dollars. She is just over 60% there, I check every week to see how the fund raising is going. She has done so well and I just want to help her by sending my family and friends to her site and asking you to donate to a beautiful cause.

Heather was one of the first people I met online that had a child with Down Syndrome. I don't even know how I came across her blog, but after leaving a comment letting her know that my daughter was diagnosed with Down Syndrome, she took me under her wing and has helped me through such a uncertain time in my life. She has taught me to have hope and to let my little girl lead me along. Whenever I get scared, and the doubts begin to overcome me, I just remember her advice to let Kaelyn show me the way through all of this. Please help her in this quest as she has helped so many others to see the beauty in life and to better understand the need for prayer to get us through the most dark and dreary days.



Zoey's blog is full of beautiful and inspiring quotes, many that got me through those very difficult days after Kaelyn was diagnosed with Down Syndrome and a Heart Defect. My favorite one of all is the one found on her header;

"When you come to the edge of all the light you have, and must take a step into the darkness of the unknown,believe that one of two things will happen, either there will be something solid for you to stand on or you will be taught how to fly"

In the past four months I have found this to be true, and it began with Zoey's story. Little Miss Fiesty Kaelyn is teaching us how to fly, one day at a time. I admire Heather for taking on the challenge to run this marathon. It takes so much time and energy to train and prepare, but what a beautiful experience it will be to cross that finish line and know that she has helped such a wonderful cause.

Even if you can only give $5.00, every little bit helps. Bracelets can also be purchased from her blog. The are white and say, "The Gift of Zoey's Grace". They remind us of all that is pure and right in this world, and that truly anything is possible.

Click HERE to donate, or HERE to buy a bracelet.