Gold Magic

Family hands.  Anna got distracted by color changing polish, so her gold may look a bit more green, but a family that polishes together raises money and awareness together too.

Don't believe Noah's face - he was totally "into" it.  Gold fingers all around!

They boys drying.  They got to experience the wonders of waiting for your manicure to dry and already see the virtues of a no-chip, although none of them were that committed.

A behind-the-scenes peek at Simon going gold.

We did it with your help - we've managed to turn Simon gold!  Through your astounding generosity, we have raised over $21,000 for pediatric cancer research.  This money will help fund research for new treatments for brain tumors specifically.  We can't thank you enough for showing up in our fundraising efforts.

If you follow Simon on Facebook, you will see that he has begun to document his week with fancy nails and hair is to follow shortly.  Already, his nails have sparked a few conversations about pediatric cancer awareness, so this is really a win all the way around.  For those who don't follow him, I'll be posting on the blog throughout the week.

We pray with deepest earnest that this week will be marked with only with joviality and merriment.  That celebrating will not seem out of line and that gold nails & hair are the only way we work to raise awareness of pediatric cancer this week.  You see, Jonah's MRI is Tuesday, September 27.  This is the first real post treatment MRI - this is the first time he's been out of treatment for months and months (4 months and 11 days, but who's counting).  The optimistic side of me sees how fantastically he is doing - there are no clinical signs that would cause worry.  He literally seems to be doing better and better each and every day.  The dark side of me is quick to highlight that these scans happen every 3 months to try and catch recurrence before there are symptoms.  And so, we pray for disease stability.  We pray that we have the strength to lean in and look up, no matter the results - we know that God is writing a suspense-filled story - and so we also pray for peace and hope and joy.  We have today, and that's all we know, and though we pray for many more todays, we breath in for what is right in front of us.  Please join us in prayer for the 27th, for the conversations that may be sparked through gold nails and for the future that lay in front of our precious little boy.

For those of you who are interested in contributing to the gold cause, I know that the fun incentives may have been reached, but the incentives that really matter are still out there and therefore I have included the link.

http://foundation.luriechildrens.org/site/TR?team_id=35382&fr_id=1410&pg=team