Little Miss Relay for Life of Thomas County

No I haven't gone all toddlers in tiara's on you!!! I actually really detest beauty pageants

myself to be perfectly honest. 

However, when there's a little girl who so wants to be Little Miss Relay for Life, 

and that little girl is my daughter, I'm gonna move heaven and earth to do what I can 

for her, and here's why. 

Two years ago now, my beautiful, sweet girls whom I totally adore and would 

protect from anything, witnessed something that most adults would find

horrific and frightening. Their Grandpa died suddenly in our house while he 

and my mother were babysitting, my husband and I were both at work. 

Syd was six at the time and managed to help my mother (who suffers from Parkinson's)

call the ambulance and call me at work to come home. I was only five minutes from

home but that drive still plays out in my head and feels like it took forever. 

When I got home the girls were both frightened, knowing something terrible had 

happened,  Grandpa was curled up in the bathroom and had suffered some 

kind of ruptured artery in his throat, we knew he was on borrowed time

having suffered for about 18 months with cancer of the thyroid which then 

became cancer of the esophagus; even in the advanced stages of this terrible illness 

he insisted that he make this trip across the Pond to see his beloved

grandchildren one last time! 

So after some counceling and some seriously difficult conversations since that time,

Syd has made it her ambition to become Miss Relay for Life, this is her way of dealing with the 

horrible reality of cancer and helping others who are struggling with it. 

Relay for Life holds pageants and fundraisers all over the country. Last year 

Sydney entered but sadly didn't place in any category, of course I thought she was 

just gorgeous!!! I also think I didn't get the point across well that her mission was not

to be a Beauty Queen but to work hard at the real meaning of being Miss Relay for Life. 

Syd wants to help other kids, she wants to raise money towards a cure, she wants 

to represent the American Cancer Society. I was heartbroken to see her stand there

and not win one single category, she cried when I went back stage to get her and I

felt so helpless. I swore we wouldn't do it again. 

Well, Syd is a tougher gal than her Mama that's for sure. She's dusted herself

off and held her head high and is determined to be a winner this year. 

Here's where you come in. Yes You!!!! The aim of the pageant is to raise 

money for the American Cancer Society. One of the categories that she can win 

is the Relay for Life Champion, this crown goes to the little girl who raises the 

most money prior to the pageant.  We only have about four weeks in which to 

do this, so no procrastinating!!! There's a button at the top of my blog which

you just click to donate.. easy peasy lemon squeezy. 

Send me your hard earned cash. Send Syd notes of encouragement, pray

for my sanity and her bravery, pray for the kids who will all have a common

goal that evening... and most of all pray for an end to Cancer.

If you prefer to send a donation directly to Syd then please email
me and I'll get you the address. Thank you from us both, Thank You!!!