We walked onto the football field under the bright
lights. The wind was crisp and you could
smell fall in the air. Little Z almost
hopped out onto the field excited to throw the coin for the football
players! I really couldn't tell who was
more excited...me or Ayden and Zayne!!
As we walked back to the track Lisa stopped us and asked us to wait by
the Spartan Head. They read off all the
beautiful people that were being honored by each jersey every football player
wore. I went back in my mind to earlier
that afternoon when I brought Z up to the high school. We made our way down to see "Coach"
meaning Dave Pratt. You wouldn't know
it, but in Z's eyes Dave roped the moon for him and the whole wrestling team
helped :) So whenever He gets the
opportunity to give coach a high five...he's in!! We made our way out to the sidewalk with the
wagon that was decorated in pink streamers with a SUPER Z symbol!! Zayne was the honored guest at this parade
and even got to lead the charge!! Walking up main street with the whole student
body behind us, too cool!
My thoughts
were brought back to field and listened to the announcer talk about a little
boy. "He has an inoperable brain
tumor and is currently undergoing chemo treatments at DeVoss Hospital in Grand
Rapids." Hearing that, I felt a
pain in my heart for that family...then I remembered... that's my son. Wow...that sounded so much worse than it felt
in that moment. In this moment we were
excited! My boys have been waiting to go
to a football game and eat popcorn, which GG, of course, took care of right
away :) We had our popcorn, we tossed
the coin, and we were getting ready to watch our Springport Spartans win the
game!! Life was good!! I couldn't help but go back to that afternoon
one more time and feel the excitement wash over me as Z and I were almost run
over by all the AMAZING HOT PINK shirts the student body was wearing!! We just had the opportunity to meet the
football coach when the bell rang and the halls were flooded with Z
supporters!! Lisa told me that the
ribbon on the shirts was gray because gray was for brain cancer. I was touched!! Once again this little AMAZING town of
Springport was coming through for MY son.
As the students rushed by a lot of them would hold their hand up to
Zayne for a high 5! "Super
Z!!" " Z-man what's up?" "Big Z" For a mom, and any mom out there, it brought
tears to my eyes. "We would like to
present Zayne..." I was brought
back to the field once again. "With
this check for $3000!"
WHAT???? Time stood still. I was overtaken with emotion. After I pulled my face out of my hands I took
in the moment!!
As I hugged Corey and
then Lisa all I could think was "They have no clue what they have just
done for my family!" Earlier that
month Jake and I were looking at the account we use for Zayne’s gas. Last year the town of Springport and our
family and friends raised enough money for us to travel to Devoss stress
free!!
And ever since the diagnosis that
the tumor was growing again and we would have another year of treatment ahead
of us, our account had been getting very low.
So Jake and I have been faced with the decision of where to cut
back. Of possibly switching to Sparrow
because it's closer. This decision
weighed on me daily. I wanted to stay at
Devoss. Devoss was full of kids just
like Zayner and the nurses were never seen without a smile on their face. Zayne developed relationships there, he liked
being there, and he was comfortable there!
As a mom who has watched her little boy have to face tough circumstances,
I didn’t want him to have to worry about this one. He has been through enough. The night was a blur of tears. After putting
my boys to bed I looked at that check. My little town of Springport. The pride that filled me. Tears filled my eyes again. The weight was gone. The decision was off the table. Because of the kids on
the student counsel thought beyond themselves, we now had money in our
account.
DeVoss....Here comes Super Z!!!
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