Justin Bieber and SkySky (Skylar)

OK so you are totally out of things if you don't know that any and all living, breathing female 11 year old is all about the Justin.  So coming up in January HE is coming to CHARLOTTE!!!  NO WAY you say, YES way I say!

So why am I writing about Justin Bieber???  (Besides the fact that Erik is jealous of his hair?).  Well our good friends in Charlotte - Jason and Rachel have adorable 11 year old Skylar (and 3 other fantastic ladies too but this story is about Skylar).  Anyone who has had the pleasure of meeting her is instantly in love and wants to steal her for their own (or at least borrow her for a bit).  Apparently Rachel was reading to her girls some of our blog postings and Skylar started asking about the one regarding my Pearson colleagues and the Elan Fund. She left the room and appeared a few minutes later with $12 cash and said she wanted to mail to Elan!  HOW BEAUTIFUL, right?  Now if you know the family they are all about hard work and not just handing cash over to their kiddos - Rachel said Skylar had really worked hard for the $12.   Now this $12 isn't just any old $12 but her money going towards her Justin Bieber ticket for his concert in Charlotte in December/January.  Apparently Rachel told Skylar that if she saved enough for her ticket then Rachel would pay for the parents to go with Skylar.  Now time is definately not on Skylar's side even if the news report about the concert being sold out was wrong:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2012/06/04/154299904/theres-no-such-thing-as-a-sold-out-concert-even-for-justin-bieber

So for her to send us her hard earned cash is such a loving jesture!  We don't want to rob the girl of her joy of giving to Elan of course, but do want to figure out a way for her to go to Justin's concert afterall!  I am seriously concidering of contacting Justin somehow and share her story.  He did afterall visit another AT/RT kid a few months ago (ironically the same week Elan was diagnosed).  I only found this out when I was researching AT/RT that week and it was the number one google search for AT/RT.  HE seems like a sweet guy:

http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/local/north/12007747447853/mrs-bieber-joins-justin-on-the-today-show/

So if anyone has Bieber connections let me know!  Anyway, we just once again can't get over the support we have been getting from all over the place!  It is amazing who rises up to be a support!  We love you all!

Here is a picture stolen from Rachel's FB page of Skylar's Bieber look - so cool!  Apparently (according to Rachel's post) the arm warmer was homemade out of a sock - those girls, so crafty!