💜 A Love Letter to Two of My Favorite Tiny Humans 💜

The two kiddos in my photo? Meet Hollis and Dane — my niece and nephew, two of the bravest, funniest, most unstoppable kids I know. Both have cystic fibrosis (CF), and both handle it with more grit and grace than most adults I’ve ever met.

They take on doctor visits, tests, and a pharmacy’s worth of meds every day — and somehow still manage to laugh through it all.

I’ll never forget baby Dane hooked up to his little chest vest — this noisy machine that shook him to help clear his lungs. We called it his “robot.” He wasn’t a fan (understandably — robots are supposed to do your work, not the other way around), but he powered through like a champ.

Then there’s Hollis. If sunshine could take human form, it’d be her. She’s had her fair share of ER “tune-ups,” spending days hooked up to machines — and still found ways to smile, joke, and boss the nurses around (politely, of course 😉).

And behind them are their amazing parents, Taylor and Jay — juggling all of it like superheroes with coffee instead of capes.

Right beside them through it all? The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation — fighting for access to medications, funding research, connecting families with lawmakers, and quite literally changing what’s possible.

Here’s the wild part: when the CF Foundation started, kids with CF weren’t expected to live long enough to start kindergarten.

Now? The average life expectancy is over 50 years. That’s progress — and it’s powered by people like us.

So here’s where I get to do my “little thing” that’s actually a big thing: help us make CF stand for Cure Found!

Every bit helps — seriously.

This one’s for Hollis and Dane — two little humans who make the world brighter, louder, and better every single day. 💜