On December 9th Rob and I headed to Utah to be part of a great cause. A girl I had grown up with in Kemmerer, Jennifer Edinger, was putting on a fund raiser at a tattoo parlor for her son. His name is Milo and he was born with cerebral palsy. His Christmas wish was to get a communication device. It touched us as parents and me as a speech pathologist. I work with kiddos with devices everyday and know first hand how much a device can impact their quality of life and their ability to become independent. The tattoo shop was doing little cerebral palsy ribbon tattoo's for $20.00 a piece for a 24 hour period of time. All proceeds would go to Milo. We talked to Aiden before we left and he wanted to be part of it too. He donated $20.00 out of his money box. He told me that he was really sad that Milo couldn't talk and he wanted to help him. We were so proud of him for wanting to be part of something bigger than himself. Rob and I came home not only with tattoo's but with a new respect for parents that face bigger challenges on a daily basis then we could ever imagine. The tattoo shop raised $13,000 for Milo, which almost covers the cost of the device he will require. Pretty incredible to be part of it all.
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