Hopes of making a change...

Last week my family attended the Arthritis walk in Edina, Minnesota. As I sit here and reflect on the day, I thank God we are so blessed. We have such an amazing little family. The disease that Brayden has can be so harsh and devastating. He is such a trooper and really shows us what life is about. It is all the little things we may take for granted. The ability to walk, run and jump may become hard for a person surviving with arthritis but all the people at this walk were so determined and happy to have the opportunity to do this event. You could see in there eyes, the pride with every step they took. We are bless to have this opportunity for our family to see this first hand. Many parents get upset when their kids are running around or jumping off the couch. But I pray every night Brayden can wake up every day and run around the house with his brother and "jump to the sky", as he says. My hope is one day they will find a cure for all these people, so parents don't have to go to bed and wonder if their kids will wake up and be able to walk.

We might be getting one step closer. A special thing happened in the House of Representatives. They Passed The Arthritis Prevention, Control, Cure Act on Sept. 30, 2010. This will help provide more funding towards helping find a cure in research, it will help encourage more pediatric rheumatology doctors and many more things for people surviving with this disease.