Bunny Lane

Let me preface this with saying that when Tacen was in the the hospital and he went in to get his angiogram they let him choose a toy from "Bunny Lane." This was a cupboard they had filled toys for children going into surgery. Tacen got a helicopter and it really made his little face light up. That was one of his last lucid moments with us and to know that the hospital provided him something that brought him so much joy really touched us.

As we drew neared to Tacen's birthday we really started thinking about what we wanted to do to celebrate him and his day. We knew that had he still been here with us we would have wanted to get him a gift. We decided that we'd offer to family and friends if they wanted to get a gift appropriate for a 3 year with us that we were going to donate them to LeBonhuer to Bunny Lane. We wanted to give back to something that had given our son so much joy during a hard time and something that still brings a smile to our face to think of him so happy. We had an outpouring from friends and family mostly of cars which Tacne would have LOVED! We personally got a little remote control monster truck that I'm pretty certain he would have been wild about. This last Wednesday (7/17/13) we finally made it to LeBonhuer to deliver our goodies. As pictured below we had two huge bags of toys. We took it up to the surgical wing and a Rachel from Child Life came to talk with us. She was surprised at what we had to donate! She asked where we had gotten all the toys and said how Bunny Lane runs out of toys quickly. They seem to have extra surgeries during the summer and they run out even more quickly. We explained about Tacen and how we were donating the toys in his memory. Rachel was gracious and kind. She couldn't believe we'd come down to make a trip just to drop off these toys. We were and continue to be so impressed with the caliber of hospital we find in LeBonhuer. Cade and I have talked about it and we know that we want to continue to get a gift for Tacen for his birthday in the coming years and donate to LeBohnuer or whatever children's hospital we live nearest to. I believe this will be a the beginning of a wonderful tradition for our family!