He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother

[Archaic]

I think this is beautiful. Particularly in light of Lance Armstriong's recent admission of cheating his way into the record books.

9 year old Connor Long and his 6 year old brother Cayden enter kid's Triathlons together.

Cayden has cerebral palsy and cannot walk or talk, so his big brother Connor pushes or pulls him in a bicycle trailer. They even compete in the swimming event that way.

The brothers were named Sports Illustrated's "Sport Kids of the Year", and deservedly so.

I just wish grownup athletes could be so selfless, and so inspiring.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/16/cayden-long-boy-with-cere_n_2490049.html?utm_hp_ref=good-news

Best regards,
Archaic

[Archaic]

Team Long Brothers

An article from last summer about Team Long Brothers, with video and photos.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/25/brothers-inspire_n_1703034.html

And scroll down to read the story about the woman who carries her disabled grand-daughter to school on foot... across a mountain. I remember reading that story, and being touched by it.

Best regards,
Archaic

[Limehouse]

Hi Archaic, Thansk so much for those posts. They just restore my faith in humanity. There is so much good in the world and it's easy to find if you look in the right places and share it like this.

[Archaic]

Good News

Hi Julie. It restores my faith in humanity too.

Linda and I used to always share whatever heartwarming stories and good causes either of us came across, so I thought I'd post this article in the hope that it would touch somebody in a positive way.

(But I already knew how kind you are, so I knew you'd like it. )

I'm a regular reader of a section of the Huffington Post called 'Good News'. I've always wondered why "the news" we hear on tv, radio, and in written media is so negative. Doesn't anything good happen in the world??

Sometimes I've had enough bad news, and I just want to hear about a rescue animal who responds with incredible love, or a person who does something kind for a stranger, or about a little kid who achieves a remarkable goal... even if it's finally learning to ride a bike without training wheels.

Good News: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/good-news/

*If you want to find the 'Good News' section again, just go to HuffingtonPost.com, click on "All Sections" at upper right of the home page, then look at the bottom of the first column & you'll see it.

Cheers,
Archaic

[RivkahChaya]

Years ago, I worked with a kid with CP who had pretty good muscle strength in his legs, but poor balance, and was "top heavy," because of his muscle and skeleton development over eight years (the kid was the ring-bearer at my wedding, actually). Anyway, a foundation donated a trike that was built just for him, and he could ride it really well, but they forgot about the city helmet ordinance. None of the commercial helmets fit him, because his skull was a little bit oddly shaped from hydrocephaly at birth.

After a little bit of research, I found that the city ordinance wasn't specific that he needed a bicycle helmet, just a helmet, and after some consultation, techs who designed a lot of special equipment decided that a sports helmet would protect him, and a hockey helmet was the lightest. Those can be specially made much more readily than bike helmets. We had him fitted for one, and they put a rush on it. I had to get his doctor to prescribe the bike, so to speak, and send the insurance company a copy of the helmet law, and the helmet makers settled for whatever the insurance company was willing to pay (which I'm sure didn't cover shipping on the rush order, and such).

There really are a lot of stories like that, and they're more typical of people than you might think. The bad news makes the headlines because it isn't typical. Really.

Here's a Pitbull with a kitten, anyway:



and another: