June 27, 2008

It is 3 months today that our little hero left us. He continues to inspire us each and every day. Thoughts of his strength through his journey with his tumor will never cease to amaze each of us. We miss him every day and will always miss him.

Rick, Kris and Ryan continue to show their strength in restructuring their lives. Rick is back into the routine of work and, I think, he is happy being there. Kris is very, very pregnant. She’s feeling good. The doctor thinks this baby might arrive a little sooner than initially expected – possibly the middle of October. We’ll see. Those little ones do have a mind of their own. They are going to keep us guessing as to whether Ryan will have a brother or a sister. Makes choosing names a little more difficult for Ryan. He likes the movie “Cars”. So he has decided that a boy should be named “Lightning McQueen” and a girl should be “Sally” - both characters from the movie. Sally might be OK but Lightning?

Ryan is doing well. He and his Mom are in New Jersey with Grandma Pat and Grandpa Bill visiting Aunt Katie, Uncle Brian and Cousin Brian. They left on the 20^th, and will be back on Sunday. Lots of sights to see. They did get to Hershey PA to do a little sampling.

One of their new projects is to construct a memorial garden in their front yard in Kyle’s memory. They began preliminary work on it last weekend. It will be awesome to sit there and think about Kyle.

They are working together as a family to help make the fundraisers they are involved in a success. Aside from the ones listed on this site, it looks as though we are going to have “Kyle’s Lemonade stand” again. The Gormans want to host this event again. We are looking at a date in August. Will post further information as it becomes available.

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Upcoming Fundraisers

Dear Friends and Family,

This summer our family is again involved in two events focused on raising money for cancer research. These events are a way for our family to honor Kyle’s battle against cancer. We would love to have our friends and family join us for these important events.

July 20, 2008: Minnesota Ride for Kids, supports the efforts of the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation (PBTF) to find the cause and cure of childhood brain tumors.

The Minnesota event takes place at Century College. The 2007 event raised over $73,000. Last year was the first time we attended and met a lot of other kids and families fighting Brain Tumors. Kyle’s picture is on this year’s brochure for the Minnesota Ride. Last year there was over 400 motorcyclists that took a scenic ride through Washington County and back with a police-escort (no stopping). There is lunch and a ‘Celebration of Life’ ceremony after the ride that is very inspiring. http://www.pbtfus.org/rideforkids/ We are planning on going and you are welcome to come join us. Please encourage any motorcyclists you know to participate.

July 25, 2008: American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life in White Bear Lake.

This will be our 5^th year participating and each year we have more friends and family join us. The relay begins at approximately 7:00 with a survivors lap.

This year’s relay will be the most difficult for us, without our “SUPER HERO” here for us to cheer on. I believe he will still be with us in our hearts inspiring us to fight for everyone that still battles cancer.

We hope you can join us or even become a team member. Team members collect donations and sell luminaries for a $10.00 donation. Each luminary bag is to honor a cancer survivor or in memory of someone who has died from cancer. These luminaries are lined up on the track. The lighting of the luminaries will begin at dusk, around 9:30-10:00.

Our team this year is Kyle’s Klan Please make a donation to one of our team members or join our team.

We invite you to support and participate in either of these events with us.

Donations to the American Cancer Society can be made online, or mail a donation for either organization to Kyle Tierney, PO Box 9366, North St. Paul, MN 55109 at least one week prior to the event.

Thank you,

Rick, Kris and Ryan Tierney

Celebrate. Remember. Fight Back.

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May 27, 2008

Just a short update to say – Today is the two month anniversary of Kyle’s becoming an angel. We are still missing him every minute of every day. It is totally amazing what will trigger a memory. But we are so glad to have those memories. Tomorrow will mark the five year anniversary of the day Kyle got diagnosed with his brain tumor. And the long journey he traveled with his family began. Everybody is doing OK. Rick, Kris and Ryan are getting on with their lives. It is a struggle that they seem to be handling – one day at a time.

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April 21, 2008

It has been 3 weeks since Kyle left us. We all miss him terribly. Rick and Kris are doing amazingly well. Kris is finding her new routine. Her time was mostly devoted to Kyle and his needs, therapy and doctor visits. With that behind her, she is able to become more active with Ryan and his school and activities. Rick has gone back to work after being off for many weeks. His coworkers are absolutely wonderful - soooo supportive. It is very hard going on with life. Nothing can make it easier but time and knowing that Kyle is free from the discomforts of the tumor. Ryan is doing fine. He is going to school – took skating classes and is playing soccer. He is having a bit of trouble understanding just what happened but so are we all.

Rick, Kris and Ryan have some very good news they would like to share – come next fall they will add to their family. Another little Tierney is on the way – due October 28^th. This is about the best news we could hope for right now and everybody is very excited. Kyle new about this and was so excited – I do think he will be watching out for this little person. He was helping Mom and Dad pick out names – but we don’t know what they chose, we have to wait until baby comes.

Rick and Kris are going to become active in fundraisers to help advance research to fight childhood cancers. They would love to help keep what they experienced with Kyle from happening to other families. We will periodically update this website with news about both the fundraisers and about how the Tierney’s are doing.

I want to add another very sincere thank you to everybody who has supported them through this journey they were on. Thank you to family, friends, and neighbors. The love and caring that has been shown to Rick, Kris, Ryan and Kyle has been unbelievable. The support from both boys schools, teachers, aides and parents of the boy’s friends was awesome. Kyle was made to feel so welcome wherever he went. He wanted to be one of the guys, and they let him be just that.

And thank you all for the cards and donations to Kyle’s Memorial fund. It is great to be able to sit down and read them. They are all so meaningful.

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April 02, 2008

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March 31, 2008

Kyle’s wake and funeral have come and gone. Kyle’s family – Mom, Dad and Ryan, the Katzmark family and the rest of the Tierney’s want to thank everybody for their continued prayers and support. It was very hard to say goodbye to Kyle but it helped so much having your support. Thank you, thank you to everybody who came, who sent flowers, who brought food for today’s lunch and to everybody who helped in one way or another. And a special thank you to all who have cared for Kyle during his illness.

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