Both Baldy

The shave was less than a week away when he committed and said “one hundred“.  

The goal was met within minutes and when I asked him what came next, he smiled big and said “one thousand”.  He asked and you gave him over three thousand.  

His eyes got huge with the big numbers he’s still learning in school and when I asked him what was next, this oldest boy of mine, he looked at his bald brother and they smiled huge and said “FIVE thousand!”  

And you know what you did?  You gave him almost exactly DOUBLE that!  

In under a week, you read and reacted and said this is the price of brotherly love on this, a six-year-old head…nearly TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS.  

So, today, as he sat like a man and was covered in the green apron, they pulled up a bar stool for Chase and they took the clippers to his head because this is how he shows LOVE.  

And his cancer brother went around the house all day today clapping and cheering sing-song that “Now we’ll both be baldy boys!”

“This is what I want to do… Help get medicines to help the doctors so kids like Chase don’t die.”  – Aidan

THANK YOU.

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*At the time the clippers were taken to his head, Aidan’s fundraising page read $9,510.00*

“BEFORE I die…” Documentary

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08 December 2014…

Today, I watched Chun, the camera man (because yes, we have a camera crew here with us now – so much more on that some day soon) peer around the corner of the machine and flash me the “thumbs up” – Chase was okay and he was done.

Chase learns about the camera from Chun...
Chase learns about the camera from Chun…

25 February 2015…

I received the link to the first trailer this morning and it’s finally time to tell you a little bit more about this.  Chun, the camera man who so graciously let me know Chase was okay during his December MRI, was here with Richard Bakewell, the producer and visionary behind an upcoming documentary: “BEFORE I die…”.

Richard documenting Chase's first try behind the camera...
Richard documenting Chase’s first try behind the camera…

This piece is an incredible view into the world of pediatric cancer as children look to their legacy by putting together a “bucket list” and seek to give back in some way.

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To watch may be gut-wrenching, to say the least, but these children are beyond precious and their moments are being captured forever, and that’s priceless.

Richard and Chun will be joining us a few more times this year and we look forward to sharing with you as this unfolds.  Stay tuned…

-MbM-

“BEFORE I die…” teaser trailer:

For more on Richard Bakewell’s projects and “BEFORE I die…”, you can click here.