Inspiration.

Sometimes a thought can keep you going. This may be one of those thoughts.

It is not the critic who counts;
not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled
or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.
The credit belongs to the man
who is actually in the arena,
whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood;
who strives valiantly;
who errs and comes short again and again;
who knows great enthusiasms,
the great devotions;
who spends himself in a worthy cause;
who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement,
and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while
DARING GREATLY
so that his place shall never be
with those timid souls
who know neither victory or defeat.


Theodore Roosevelt
26th President Of The United States

More Caring & Wearing.

Thank you everyone for wearing your Go, Kyrie, Go! shirts out and about. That's one of the best ways, we think, to raise awareness and to get others to join the cause. Thank you so very, very, very much.

Another cutie for Kyrie: Thanks, Jeni, for sending us your photo! Jeni is also a family photographer who has helped promote the foundation to her clients through her Web site at www.weilertphotography.com. Ginormous thanks for that, too, Jeni!

I apologize for taking so long to get this picture to you, and it's not even taken with my good camera. Not exactly photographer quality. Jalynn is so proud of her shirt!! For obvious reasons, she's wearing it as a night shirt, but she walks around the house with it on saying "Go Kyrie GO!!" It's pretty cute.

Caring & Wearing.

Here's another set of very caring people wearing their Go, Kyrie, Go! t-shirts. Thanks, Leah!

These were from about a month ago when me, my husband Derek, and my friend Sarah (the blonde) did the 'Race to Rebuild Greensburg' in Kingman, KS. It was a Kyrie-inspired event, so naturally we had to wear the tees!! Then after the race we flew out to Ponca City, OK to have lunch (Derek is a pilot). Kyrie came along with us to lunch as well! She was definatly using her wings that day!! She started in Wichita, then to Kingman, then to Ponca City, all before noon!!

Look-see.

So if you have a moment today, you may want to check out www.kyriefoundation.org. ;)

Working upward.

We are closing in on the foundation's Web site. For those of you who have followed this site, you may see some familiar reminders in addition to some very interesting additions to help the cause. We're elated to be creating something that is far beyond ourselves, something that has wings.

The fluttering of a butterfly's wings can effect climate changes on the other side of the planet. ~Paul Erlich

sferko family, please feel free to e-mail Jordan & Lacie at lacie_thome1@yahoo.com for questions, comments or comfort.

Thoughts today have careened back & forth between Kyrie & Taya. And Ethan. And all the children who need our help. All the children born today that will need our help next year or the year after that. Or the year after that. The Kyrie Foundation has much to accomplish to help these families, these children. Please consider this your personal invitation to be a part of the Kyrie Foundation's effort. Lord knows, we and these families need you.

I choose to inhabit my days, to allow my living to open me, to make me less afraid, more accessible, to loosen my heart until it becomes a wing, a torch, a promise. I choose to risk my significance; to live so that which comes to me as seed goes to the next as blossom and that which comes to me as blossom, goes on as fruit.
-Dawna Markova

Help.

All, we have another child for whom to pray. See the last comment on the last post.

sferko, please feel free to e-mail megan_thome@yahoo.com. Jordan & Lacie, I'm sure this family could use your precise insight & care. Marcy, are you out there? This family might benefit from your journey, too.

In the meantime, prayers, prayers, prayers please.