Tomorrow–July 25, 2017– will be Sean James Stanton’s 20th Birthday. Every year we have some kind of bicycling event to commemorate Sean’s life. We do this because Sean loved to bike. He would have loved to have a big party every year, and have everyone go biking!! He would just have loved it. So we do it for him.
It seemed we were always doing things for him that he would have loved around his birthday. For some reason, he was the child that could persuade us to do the extra thing, and because we did it for him, we would do it for the other kids as well.
At first, each child had a birthday party with friends, every year. Then Sean wanted to have a special dinner out with just Mom and Dad, so that became a family tradition for everyone as well. Then Sean wanted to have a special dinner with the family as well, so that became a family tradition as well.
Before we knew it, the birth “day” celebration became a birth “month” celebration.
Looking back, I’m so glad we celebrated Sean’s life, when we had Sean here on earth to celebrate! And I’m so glad we continue to celebrate his life even now. Life is a gift, and we had the gift of Sean’s life for 16 years. I could never tell God thank you enough for that. I could never tell God thank you enough for Sean.
This year we will celebrate Sean’s life on July 14th! It is the Mt. Pleasant Community wide — Slow Roll!! We will take a bike ride through the streets of Mt. Pleasant. (Hopefully–the dry streets of Mt. Pleasant, as we have had quite a bit of flooding!!)
The Bike Ride will start at 6:30, but registration starts at 5:30.
THIS IS A FREE, FAMILY, FUN-FILLED EVENT.
Meet us at Mt. Pleasant, City Hall!! You need to wear a helmet to ride, and sign a waiver. (parents need to sign waivers for children under the age of 18.)
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