The summer of 2025 was supposed to be the happiest season of my life. Three of my four children were expecting babies, all arriving within weeks of each other. Our granddaughter arrived first in June, then our precious Hallie came in August, and just four days later, our youngest grandson was born. We were surrounded by new life, new joy, and so much love.

Then, when our precious Hallie was just eight days old, everything changed.

Hallie was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis. No one in our family had ever been connected to CF in a personal way. There was no history, no warning, no roadmap. As a mother, I have spent my whole life finding ways to fix things for my children when they hurt or struggled. This was something I could not fix. We should have been passing babies around and celebrating the incredible new lives we had been given. Instead, we were devastated and lost, searching for answers we did not have. Watching my only daughter navigate something so frightening and unknown, when she should have been soaking in every precious moment of new motherhood, broke my heart in ways I cannot fully describe. I felt completely helpless, and that is not a feeling I accept easily.

But helpless does not mean hopeless. I will never stop fighting for my girl.

CF is a genetic, life-shortening disease that devastates the lungs, pancreas, and other vital organs. It makes it difficult to breathe and to fight life-threatening infections, often leading to extensive lung damage and respiratory failure. There is currently no cure, and too many people with CF die far too young.

Every person born with cystic fibrosis walks a unique journey, and Hallie's journey is just beginning. I am walking because she deserves a future. I am walking because her mother, my baby, deserves hope. And I am walking because no family should ever receive that phone call and feel as lost and shattered as we did in those first days.

Will you walk with me? Your donation has the power to advance the research and science that could one day mean a cure for Hallie along with every child fighting this disease. Help me fight for my girl.\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b