waaaay<\/em> back in the beginning, there was always one constant.<\/p>\nMy brother’s undying\u00a0love for the Arizona Cardinals. I’m talking, die-hard. Season tickets, custom license plates, sports memorabilia, decked out game rooms in his house, you name it. Through thick and thin my brother has always been a fan.<\/p>\n
So when all this cancer crap started happening one of his friends knew exactly what to do.<\/p>\n
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Rise Up Toliver.<\/p>\n
“Rise Up, Red Sea” is the mantra for the Arizona Cardinals, and “Rise Up” is the mantra that we are all using to support Bret during his surgery tomorrow and for the weeks of recovery to follow. Just like the mythical Phoenix who rises whole from his ashes, we know that Bret will rise up and defeat this.<\/p>\n
I’m so incredibly grateful to his friend who probably spent hours, if not days, working on making these bracelets for my family and my brother’s friends. I’ll be wearing red tomorrow, you can too if you want! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
I’ll be sure to keep you guys posted on what happens next. All your prayers and positive thoughts are always welcome and much appreciated.<\/p>\n
Love – Shawn<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This is a super emotional week for me. Filled with highs, lows, and uncertainty. Tomorrow my brother, Bret, goes in for some major surgery to remove his thyroid and 130 lymph nodes from his neck. I can’t even put into words what I’m feeling right now. It was just a couple weeks ago that we …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10545,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"limit_modified_date":"","last_modified_date":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[],"class_list":{"2":"type-post","7":"category-soap-suds","8":"entry"},"yoast_head":"\n
Soap Suds Vol. 3 - Rise Up - I Wash You Dry<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n