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Please keep Chance in your thoughts and prayers (2 Viewers)

Those Hawaiian pics are stunning on a standalone basis. Given the context of Chance's Rainbow, it's the most I have ever been moved by a picture. Absolutely incredible.

Thank you for continuing to share.

 
That post about the trip and the rainbows pictures is the best post in the history of this board, IMO. Just inspiring. Awe-inspiring.

Merry Christmas to you and your family BB.

 
RBM said:
That post about the trip and the rainbows pictures is the best post in the history of this board, IMO. Just inspiring. Awe-inspiring.

Merry Christmas to you and your family BB.
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Yup.

Set the wallpaper on my phone to the picture of clay and the rainbow. It's important to remember what matters.

 
Thoughts and prayers to you and your family. Glad you guys went to Hawaii. I was wondering how you all were doing on Christmas. Sounds as if you are doing the best you can.

Still thinking about you all.

 
What an inspiration

Clay is going to grow up to be a special man with Chance helping guide his way.

 
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Thank you all so much. We left town this Christmas to visit family on the West Coast. It just would have been too difficult to do Christmas in our home as we have for the last 13 years. Today was a day filled with joy and sorrow, laughter and tears. We lit a candle for Chance and read a poem aloud that one of Chance's classmates sent to us. It's my understanding that it was written by a thirteen-year-old boy who died of a brain tumor.

My First Christmas in Heaven

I see the countless Christmas trees

Around the world below

With tiny lights, like Heaven's stars,

Reflecting on the snow.

The sight is so spectacular,

Please wipe away the tear

For I am spending Christmas

With God in heaven this year.

I hear the many Christmas songs

That people hold so dear,

But the sounds of music can't compare

With the Christmas choir up here.

I have no words to tell you,

Of the joy their voices bring,

For it is beyond description,

To hear the angels sing.

I know how much you miss me,

I see the pain inside your heart.

But I am not so far away,

We really aren't apart.

So be happy for me, dear ones,

You know I hold you dear.

And be glad I'm spending Christmas

With God in heaven this year.

I sent you each a special gift,

From my heavenly home above.

I sent you each a memory

Of my undying love.

After all, love is a gift

More precious than pure gold.

It was always most important

In the stories that God told.

Please love and keep each other,

As my Father said to do,

For I can't count the blessings

Of the love He has for you.

So have a Merry Christmas

And wipe away that tear

Remember, I'm spending Christmas

With God in heaven this year.

Warmest Christmas wishes to all of you. Thank you for keeping us in your thoughts.

 
bigbottom said:
Thank you all so much. We left town this Christmas to visit family on the West Coast. It just would have been too difficult to do Christmas in our home as we have for the last 13 years. Today was a day filled with joy and sorrow, laughter and tears. We lit a candle for Chance and read a poem aloud that one of Chance's classmates sent to us. It's my understanding that it was written by a thirteen-year-old boy who died of a brain tumor.

My First Christmas in Heaven

I see the countless Christmas trees

Around the world below

With tiny lights, like Heaven's stars,

Reflecting on the snow.

The sight is so spectacular,

Please wipe away the tear

For I am spending Christmas

With God in heaven this year.

I hear the many Christmas songs

That people hold so dear,

But the sounds of music can't compare

With the Christmas choir up here.

I have no words to tell you,

Of the joy their voices bring,

For it is beyond description,

To hear the angels sing.

I know how much you miss me,

I see the pain inside your heart.

But I am not so far away,

We really aren't apart.

So be happy for me, dear ones,

You know I hold you dear.

And be glad I'm spending Christmas

With God in heaven this year.

I sent you each a special gift,

From my heavenly home above.

I sent you each a memory

Of my undying love.

After all, love is a gift

More precious than pure gold.

It was always most important

In the stories that God told.

Please love and keep each other,

As my Father said to do,

For I can't count the blessings

Of the love He has for you.

So have a Merry Christmas

And wipe away that tear

Remember, I'm spending Christmas

With God in heaven this year.

Warmest Christmas wishes to all of you. Thank you for keeping us in your thoughts.
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I lurk on these forums all the time, but it's extremely rare that I actually post anything. I feel compelled to, however, after reading through this entire thread over the past 12 or so hours. Being a new father to a 6 month old son, I can't imagine what it would be like to go through what you went through, and your strength through this ordeal is inspiring. My heart aches for you and your family. I must have snuck into my sons room 20 times last night to give him hugs and kisses. Chance was an amazing child. I'm not a religious man in the least, but I feel that there is somewhere special for people like him, and wherever that is, I'm sure he's putting smiles on the faces of everyone else there.

Judging by the songs you listed, I'm assuming you're not a big Tool fan. However, I've always found the song(s) Wings for Marie (Part 1) and 10,000 Days (Wings, Part 2) to be very beautiful, and listening to it again now made me think about Chance. It was written by Maynard about his mother, but I think it can be interpreted for anyone who has lost a loved one.

You and your family are in my thoughts BB.

 
Just now opening this thread. There's nothing for me to say that hasn't already been said. Just know that there is one more name on the long list of folks who will think about you every day.

 
bigbottom said:
As I've mentioned before in this thread, Chance had been approved for a wish through the Make-A-Wish Foundation. He wanted our family to go on a trip to Hawaii. Unfortunately, though the trip had been scheduled twice, it had to be cancelled both times because of relapses of his brain cancer. As much of a bummer as it was, though, Chance never once said one word about not getting his wish. It wasn't in Chance's nature to ask for things or complain when things didn't go his way.

After his passing, it was clear that our family needed to heal. It was clear that we needed to bond as a family, and to learn how to live a life together without Chance there with us. And we wanted Chance's little brother, Clay, to know that he could have fun with his parents, even as an only child. So we decided to schedule a trip to Hawaii. It's what Chance would have wanted for us. We just got back today, and I'm happy to report that we had a wonderful time and really bonded as a family.

But what I wanted to share with the FFA was that we didn't learn how to live life without Chance. Rather, we learned that Chance is always with us. We felt his presence with us during the entire trip. And whether Chance's presence was from beyond, or merely from within, there was no denying it. He was there with us, and we held him in our thoughts and in our hearts. And while I know rainbows are plentiful in Hawaii, and are no more than light being refracted through raindrops, it was hard not to think that Chance was showing us his presence when rainbows seemed to follow us wherever we went this past week. We called it Chance's Rainbow.

Chance's Rainbow 1

Chance's Rainbow 2

Clay taking some quiet time under Chance's Rainbow
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I guess if we look for signs hard enough, we'll find them, but sometimes they just sneak up on you and smack you in the face. As I mentioned above, Chance was never able to see his wish through and go to Hawaii. When we went on our trip last month, we went to the island of Maui. This is a picture I took of a bunch of windmills on the Northwestern part of the island during a whale watching tour. (We saw these windmills every single day, as they were visible from where we were staying in Kihei.)

This past Thursday, my wife, my son and I were in the airport (Orange County, CA). The airport was very crowded. We were on a Southwest flight and had been standing in front of the wall by our gate for a while waiting for the opportunity to line-up for boarding (we were in boarding group B). I then hear my son say "Hey, that's where we were!" I turn and look at the giant sign that we'd been standing in front of for the last 15 minutes and this is what I see. (apologies for the poor quality photo)

I respond, "Yep, those are the windmills on Maui. That's right where we were!" And then I step back to view the entire sign, and am completely blown away. I tell my wife to look and the three of us stood there silently, in a crowded airport, staring at this sign with tears in our eyes.

 
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w.h,o,a,

Happy new years to you and yours, BB. Chance continues to be in my thoughts, as does the grace you've shown this last year- both hvae been a source of major inspiration to me in how I lead my life and act with my family.

 
bigbottom said:
bigbottom said:
As I've mentioned before in this thread, Chance had been approved for a wish through the Make-A-Wish Foundation. He wanted our family to go on a trip to Hawaii. Unfortunately, though the trip had been scheduled twice, it had to be cancelled both times because of relapses of his brain cancer. As much of a bummer as it was, though, Chance never once said one word about not getting his wish. It wasn't in Chance's nature to ask for things or complain when things didn't go his way.

After his passing, it was clear that our family needed to heal. It was clear that we needed to bond as a family, and to learn how to live a life together without Chance there with us. And we wanted Chance's little brother, Clay, to know that he could have fun with his parents, even as an only child. So we decided to schedule a trip to Hawaii. It's what Chance would have wanted for us. We just got back today, and I'm happy to report that we had a wonderful time and really bonded as a family.

But what I wanted to share with the FFA was that we didn't learn how to live life without Chance. Rather, we learned that Chance is always with us. We felt his presence with us during the entire trip. And whether Chance's presence was from beyond, or merely from within, there was no denying it. He was there with us, and we held him in our thoughts and in our hearts. And while I know rainbows are plentiful in Hawaii, and are no more than light being refracted through raindrops, it was hard not to think that Chance was showing us his presence when rainbows seemed to follow us wherever we went this past week. We called it Chance's Rainbow.

Chance's Rainbow 1

Chance's Rainbow 2

Clay taking some quiet time under Chance's Rainbow
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I guess if we look for signs hard enough, we'll find them, but sometimes they just sneak up on you and smack you in the face. As I mentioned above, Chance was never able to see his wish through and go to Hawaii. When we went on our trip last month, we went to the island of Maui. This is a picture I took of a bunch of windmills on the Northwestern part of the island during a whale watching tour. (We saw these windmills every single day, as they were visible from where we were staying in Kihei.)

This past Thursday, my wife, my son and I were in the airport (Orange County, CA). The airport was very crowded. We were on a Southwest flight and had been standing in front of the wall by our gate for a while waiting for the opportunity to line-up for boarding (we were in boarding group B). I then hear my son say "Hey, that's where we were!" I turn and look at the giant sign that we'd been standing in front of for the last 15 minutes and this is what I see. (apologies for the poor quality photo)

I respond, "Yep, those are the windmills on Maui. That's right where we were!" And then I step back to view the entire sign, and am completely blown away. I tell my wife to look and the three of us stood there silently, in a crowded airport, staring at this sign with tears in our eyes.
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Do you mind if I share this story with my wife outside of FBG?

 
Gator Shawn said:
bigbottom said:
bigbottom said:
As I've mentioned before in this thread, Chance had been approved for a wish through the Make-A-Wish Foundation. He wanted our family to go on a trip to Hawaii. Unfortunately, though the trip had been scheduled twice, it had to be cancelled both times because of relapses of his brain cancer. As much of a bummer as it was, though, Chance never once said one word about not getting his wish. It wasn't in Chance's nature to ask for things or complain when things didn't go his way.

After his passing, it was clear that our family needed to heal. It was clear that we needed to bond as a family, and to learn how to live a life together without Chance there with us. And we wanted Chance's little brother, Clay, to know that he could have fun with his parents, even as an only child. So we decided to schedule a trip to Hawaii. It's what Chance would have wanted for us. We just got back today, and I'm happy to report that we had a wonderful time and really bonded as a family.

But what I wanted to share with the FFA was that we didn't learn how to live life without Chance. Rather, we learned that Chance is always with us. We felt his presence with us during the entire trip. And whether Chance's presence was from beyond, or merely from within, there was no denying it. He was there with us, and we held him in our thoughts and in our hearts. And while I know rainbows are plentiful in Hawaii, and are no more than light being refracted through raindrops, it was hard not to think that Chance was showing us his presence when rainbows seemed to follow us wherever we went this past week. We called it Chance's Rainbow.

Chance's Rainbow 1

Chance's Rainbow 2

Clay taking some quiet time under Chance's Rainbow
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I guess if we look for signs hard enough, we'll find them, but sometimes they just sneak up on you and smack you in the face. As I mentioned above, Chance was never able to see his wish through and go to Hawaii. When we went on our trip last month, we went to the island of Maui. This is a picture I took of a bunch of windmills on the Northwestern part of the island during a whale watching tour. (We saw these windmills every single day, as they were visible from where we were staying in Kihei.)

This past Thursday, my wife, my son and I were in the airport (Orange County, CA). The airport was very crowded. We were on a Southwest flight and had been standing in front of the wall by our gate for a while waiting for the opportunity to line-up for boarding (we were in boarding group B). I then hear my son say "Hey, that's where we were!" I turn and look at the giant sign that we'd been standing in front of for the last 15 minutes and this is what I see. (apologies for the poor quality photo)

I respond, "Yep, those are the windmills on Maui. That's right where we were!" And then I step back to view the entire sign, and am completely blown away. I tell my wife to look and the three of us stood there silently, in a crowded airport, staring at this sign with tears in our eyes.
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Do you mind if I share this story with my wife outside of FBG?
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This is the kind of thing that could go completely viral.

 
bigbottom said:
bigbottom said:
As I've mentioned before in this thread, Chance had been approved for a wish through the Make-A-Wish Foundation. He wanted our family to go on a trip to Hawaii. Unfortunately, though the trip had been scheduled twice, it had to be cancelled both times because of relapses of his brain cancer. As much of a bummer as it was, though, Chance never once said one word about not getting his wish. It wasn't in Chance's nature to ask for things or complain when things didn't go his way.

After his passing, it was clear that our family needed to heal. It was clear that we needed to bond as a family, and to learn how to live a life together without Chance there with us. And we wanted Chance's little brother, Clay, to know that he could have fun with his parents, even as an only child. So we decided to schedule a trip to Hawaii. It's what Chance would have wanted for us. We just got back today, and I'm happy to report that we had a wonderful time and really bonded as a family.

But what I wanted to share with the FFA was that we didn't learn how to live life without Chance. Rather, we learned that Chance is always with us. We felt his presence with us during the entire trip. And whether Chance's presence was from beyond, or merely from within, there was no denying it. He was there with us, and we held him in our thoughts and in our hearts. And while I know rainbows are plentiful in Hawaii, and are no more than light being refracted through raindrops, it was hard not to think that Chance was showing us his presence when rainbows seemed to follow us wherever we went this past week. We called it Chance's Rainbow.

Chance's Rainbow 1

Chance's Rainbow 2

Clay taking some quiet time under Chance's Rainbow
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I guess if we look for signs hard enough, we'll find them, but sometimes they just sneak up on you and smack you in the face. As I mentioned above, Chance was never able to see his wish through and go to Hawaii. When we went on our trip last month, we went to the island of Maui. This is a picture I took of a bunch of windmills on the Northwestern part of the island during a whale watching tour. (We saw these windmills every single day, as they were visible from where we were staying in Kihei.)

This past Thursday, my wife, my son and I were in the airport (Orange County, CA). The airport was very crowded. We were on a Southwest flight and had been standing in front of the wall by our gate for a while waiting for the opportunity to line-up for boarding (we were in boarding group B). I then hear my son say "Hey, that's where we were!" I turn and look at the giant sign that we'd been standing in front of for the last 15 minutes and this is what I see. (apologies for the poor quality photo)

I respond, "Yep, those are the windmills on Maui. That's right where we were!" And then I step back to view the entire sign, and am completely blown away. I tell my wife to look and the three of us stood there silently, in a crowded airport, staring at this sign with tears in our eyes.
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bb, where did you take this shot from - i.e. what part of the island? Just curious, my company owns a wind farm in Maui but I'm not sure if this is ours.

 
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bigbottom said:
bigbottom said:
As I've mentioned before in this thread, Chance had been approved for a wish through the Make-A-Wish Foundation. He wanted our family to go on a trip to Hawaii. Unfortunately, though the trip had been scheduled twice, it had to be cancelled both times because of relapses of his brain cancer. As much of a bummer as it was, though, Chance never once said one word about not getting his wish. It wasn't in Chance's nature to ask for things or complain when things didn't go his way.

After his passing, it was clear that our family needed to heal. It was clear that we needed to bond as a family, and to learn how to live a life together without Chance there with us. And we wanted Chance's little brother, Clay, to know that he could have fun with his parents, even as an only child. So we decided to schedule a trip to Hawaii. It's what Chance would have wanted for us. We just got back today, and I'm happy to report that we had a wonderful time and really bonded as a family.

But what I wanted to share with the FFA was that we didn't learn how to live life without Chance. Rather, we learned that Chance is always with us. We felt his presence with us during the entire trip. And whether Chance's presence was from beyond, or merely from within, there was no denying it. He was there with us, and we held him in our thoughts and in our hearts. And while I know rainbows are plentiful in Hawaii, and are no more than light being refracted through raindrops, it was hard not to think that Chance was showing us his presence when rainbows seemed to follow us wherever we went this past week. We called it Chance's Rainbow.

Chance's Rainbow 1

Chance's Rainbow 2

Clay taking some quiet time under Chance's Rainbow
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I guess if we look for signs hard enough, we'll find them, but sometimes they just sneak up on you and smack you in the face. As I mentioned above, Chance was never able to see his wish through and go to Hawaii. When we went on our trip last month, we went to the island of Maui. This is a picture I took of a bunch of windmills on the Northwestern part of the island during a whale watching tour. (We saw these windmills every single day, as they were visible from where we were staying in Kihei.)

This past Thursday, my wife, my son and I were in the airport (Orange County, CA). The airport was very crowded. We were on a Southwest flight and had been standing in front of the wall by our gate for a while waiting for the opportunity to line-up for boarding (we were in boarding group B). I then hear my son say "Hey, that's where we were!" I turn and look at the giant sign that we'd been standing in front of for the last 15 minutes and this is what I see. (apologies for the poor quality photo)

I respond, "Yep, those are the windmills on Maui. That's right where we were!" And then I step back to view the entire sign, and am completely blown away. I tell my wife to look and the three of us stood there silently, in a crowded airport, staring at this sign with tears in our eyes.
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Wow, just speechless. I didn't catch this thread to recently and just want to wish you and yours all the best in the future.

 
Gator Shawn said:
bigbottom said:
bigbottom said:
As I've mentioned before in this thread, Chance had been approved for a wish through the Make-A-Wish Foundation. He wanted our family to go on a trip to Hawaii. Unfortunately, though the trip had been scheduled twice, it had to be cancelled both times because of relapses of his brain cancer. As much of a bummer as it was, though, Chance never once said one word about not getting his wish. It wasn't in Chance's nature to ask for things or complain when things didn't go his way.

After his passing, it was clear that our family needed to heal. It was clear that we needed to bond as a family, and to learn how to live a life together without Chance there with us. And we wanted Chance's little brother, Clay, to know that he could have fun with his parents, even as an only child. So we decided to schedule a trip to Hawaii. It's what Chance would have wanted for us. We just got back today, and I'm happy to report that we had a wonderful time and really bonded as a family.

But what I wanted to share with the FFA was that we didn't learn how to live life without Chance. Rather, we learned that Chance is always with us. We felt his presence with us during the entire trip. And whether Chance's presence was from beyond, or merely from within, there was no denying it. He was there with us, and we held him in our thoughts and in our hearts. And while I know rainbows are plentiful in Hawaii, and are no more than light being refracted through raindrops, it was hard not to think that Chance was showing us his presence when rainbows seemed to follow us wherever we went this past week. We called it Chance's Rainbow.

Chance's Rainbow 1

Chance's Rainbow 2

Clay taking some quiet time under Chance's Rainbow
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I guess if we look for signs hard enough, we'll find them, but sometimes they just sneak up on you and smack you in the face. As I mentioned above, Chance was never able to see his wish through and go to Hawaii. When we went on our trip last month, we went to the island of Maui. This is a picture I took of a bunch of windmills on the Northwestern part of the island during a whale watching tour. (We saw these windmills every single day, as they were visible from where we were staying in Kihei.)

This past Thursday, my wife, my son and I were in the airport (Orange County, CA). The airport was very crowded. We were on a Southwest flight and had been standing in front of the wall by our gate for a while waiting for the opportunity to line-up for boarding (we were in boarding group B). I then hear my son say "Hey, that's where we were!" I turn and look at the giant sign that we'd been standing in front of for the last 15 minutes and this is what I see. (apologies for the poor quality photo)

I respond, "Yep, those are the windmills on Maui. That's right where we were!" And then I step back to view the entire sign, and am completely blown away. I tell my wife to look and the three of us stood there silently, in a crowded airport, staring at this sign with tears in our eyes.
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Do you mind if I share this story with my wife outside of FBG?
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Wait... do you have a different wife INSIDE of FBG?

 
Hey BB,
Your story has touched me personally and would like to dedicate my 2014 ride to cure cancer to Chance. Would you mind if I referenced him in my profile? See it here (I tried messaging you the link but your box is full). It's a grass roots bike ride (www.pelotonia.org) here in Columbus that raised over 19 million to cancer research in 2013 alone.

 
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