Team Tytan 5K

In the 6 short months Tytan was here, he changed countless lives. People all over the world were inspired and touched by his life, his story, & his spirit. After his passed away, I didn't want that to change. I wanted Tytan Walker to continue to touch lives. I wanted legacy to live on. It was up to us to make that happen. The past year we have tried to surround ourselves in service in memory and honor of Tytan. Not only has it done that, but it has helped us. It has helped us with our grief and it has gave us the satisfaction that something good has came from something extremely terrible. For his 1st birthday, we chose to put together survival kits for Primary Children's Hospital. The love & support we received from the community, strangers, and loved ones were phenomial. Tytan's peditrician office donated $500 to put towards the kits. We were able to put together almost 150 kits for parents in the ICU. I was amazed and completely humbled by all the giving people.

I once again wanted to do something again for Tytan's Angel Day to remember him but pay-it-forward in some way. The following year when we were in the hospital with Tytan, the community put together a 5K to raise money for us to help with medical expenses. I wanted to do another 5K this year and donate the funds to Primary Children's Hospital or a family with a child who was battling an illness. For an entire year it was on my mind, but I was scared. I was scared it'd be a failure and no one would come, so I kept putting it off. About 2 weeks before Tytan's Angel Day I decided to go for it. I didn't know what kind of outcome we would have, but I decided I would try. If we had anyone come I would donate what we got to Primary's. I simply made a flyer and posted it on Facebook- that was it. By the end of the night, I had 30 people signed up. By the day of the race, we had almost 200 people who had registered or bought a shirt. I cannot begin to tell you what things like this do to my heart. There is nothing more rewarding or heart warming than seeing others come together to serve others.

Tytan's 1st Angel day was a hard one, a real hard but I can't express the way it made a grieving mother feel to know their sweet little boy was loved and cared about by so many. It turned out to be an absolutely wonderful evening, and even though our sweet baby was not there physically, his strong spirit was very apparent. Thank you to all those to helped, participated, and was a part of a very bittersweet day in our lives. We love you all and are so grateful for your continual love & support!