Some cute stories were relayed to me about a couple of kids that participated in the walk. The first comes from my friend Maddy about one of Caleb's girlfriends (yes he has a few), Livi. At the end of the walk Marilyn had handed out cookies to everyone with an edible picture of Jeff, Caleb and me on it. Maddy noticed that Livi was eating her cookie a little funny - she was just eating the outside and kept eating in a circular pattern. When it was just our faces on the cookie, Livi looked up at Maddy, who reassured Livi that it was OK to eat our faces. She ate Jeff's face first, looked up at Maddy, got some more reassurance, ate my face, but was then very hesitant to eat Caleb's face. In the end she ate it all, but told Maddy with a big smile on her face, "I have Caleb in my tummy now."
The second story brought tears to my eyes. One of my students (who's not even on my caseload anymore) showed up to the walk with his entire family. It touched me deeply to see them all there supporting Caleb's Crew. Today his mom told me that when it was announced how much money we raised, he turned to her and asked, "Is that enough to cure Caleb's disease?" She responded that it may not be enough to cure it, but it was going to make a BIG difference. He then said, "Then I'll just keep running." What an amazing heart this boy has.
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