I am a little jealous of Dick and Rick Hoyt

Let me introduce you to the story of Dick and Rick Hoyt, You might have heard it before. They are simply known as “Team Hoyt“. It is a touching story of an impaired child that wanted to run in a marathon. He was crippled from birth. His umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck and he developed cerebral palsy. He could never walk or talk, let alone dream of running a marathon. Well, his father dreamed for him, and came up with the idea to run the marathon pushing him all the way. Their moving video is below the article and I encourage you to watch it.

I was asked to write a story on human rights. I thought of my son Jaxon, and how much I love the Hoyt family story. Their story means a little something extra to me. I’ll explain how it all comes together.

I had a son that never made it to this Earth. Tragically Jaxon Cole Jaynes was stillborn on October, 12, 2005. My wife, Brooke, was 36 weeks pregnant and Jaxon was scheduled to be induced the next Thursday. Just like Rick, Jaxon’s cord wrapped around his neck, but Jaxon did not make it. Me and my wife were devastated.

I think of Jaxon all the time, and it is because of him that I became emotionally attached to the Hoyt family story. I would be lying to you, if I did not tell you that tears come to my eyes when I see the video, or even think of Rick and his dad. I can not help but love what Dick does for him. I think of the joy that he feels when he runs the marathon for Rick.

I am a little jealous of Dick and Rick Hoyt. I never got the chance to see Jaxon smile. I would run a marathon, if I could, but I can not. I know he is smiling in heaven as I write this, but it is not the same. I love the Hoyt family story, because they could have had an abortion., but hey chose Life. They chose the hard way, and they knew how much their lives would change. So many people take the easy way, but they did not. Now, Dick runs marathons just so his son feels the wind in his face.

When I think of Jaxon, I think of how fragile life is. When I think of the Hoyt family I think of how much they love each other. I think of how many children never make it to this world. I write this because being born is a human right. I write this because so many healthy and physically impaired children are aborted every day. My hope is that someone might read this story and get a somewhat better view on the gift of life and tragedy of abortion.

I know that this is totally different than what I usually write. Which can be easily described as Youtubery, video, fun, and games. I think the idea that bloggers should unite to stand up for human rights is a great idea. I wanted to stand up for the right that is taken away from the helpless. The right to live is a basic as it gets.

Thank you so much for reading this. Just as an update, me an my wife have since had a beautiful baby boy, Aiden Cole Jaynes. He is 19 months old and is perfectly healthy. Below is the video of Dick and Rick Hoyt.

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