The REVEAL.....as promised...

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Dillon has been surprised in ways that he never thought possible this past week.  There are not even words for the amazement, astonishment, shock, wonder, and bewilderment that occurred TWICE last week for this lucky boy.

First the photos.....then the explanation....in two sections

Celtics T-Shirt

Rando's Real Signature on the bottom of this photo

Pencils, towels, notebook, and other stuff...all Celtics

Autographed Photo of Rajon Rando #9

My brother, Todd, is a firefighter who lives in Montana.  A couple of weeks ago he was in Colorado helping with the fire efforts in that state.  As he was out in the wilderness, it struck him that Dillon needed something super duper special and exciting to lift his spirits.  I don't exactly know how he pulled this off, but he somehow located the head of community relations for the Boston Celtics.  He told them Dillon's story and asked them if they could send him something to cheer him up.  Not only did Big D get a box full of goodies...including the autographed photo of his very favorite player....but a letter telling Dillon that it is special fans like him that help make the Celtics a great team.  The letter even mentioned that Uncle Todd had called and asked them to send him some stuff to make him smile.  WOW....how amazing is that.  Dillon was really speechless as he pulled the items out of the box.  I immediately brought a frame from home to keep the photo safe and on display.  It is sitting in the window in our room and Big D looks at it every day.  He is very proud of it and when people ask him where he got it he says...."My Uncle asked the Celtics to send it to me." 

OKAY, now for super surprise number two.....

A Celtics bag, what could be in here???

OMG, a ball signed by the entire Celtics Team and the cool flag that his cousin sent a couple of weeks ago (Thank you Sophia, it makes the room feel super sporty and fun)

Signed Celtics ball and Daisy...who delivered the ball and a yummy sushi lunch

Dillon's classmate, Daisy (Seen above in the photo) has a mother who is crazy cool and has connections in lots of 'high places'.  So she called up a friend who happens to work for the owner of the Celtics...YES the owner.  She told Big D's story and the owner immediately had the team sign a ball and he even wrote Dillon a hand-written letter expressing his support for D and thanking him for being a fan.  He even asked Daisy's mom to keep him updated over the next months about how Mr. Pickle is progressing.  

HOW CRAZY IS THAT????? Twice in one week Dillon is blessed with TWO once in a lifetime gifts.  We all keep shaking our heads at the odds/statistics of a child getting the type of cancer Dillon has....now we are all shaking our heads at the odds of a child getting this sort of attention from  a world-class basketball team on behalf of his beloved Uncle and family friends that are right behind Dillon, holding him in loving tenderness through this journey.   

THANK YOU TODD AND SANDY FOR MAKING THIS AN EVENT OF A LIFETIME FOR OUR DILLON!!!  He will NEVER forget this experience and you have put this huge highlight in his life....THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU !!!!!  

The joyfulness in my boy right now is PRICELESS!!!!!