Brave Ben came home from New York a little over two weeks ago, bringing with him an item that now is his most prized possession. We saw it for the first time when he and his parents came to visit this past weekend to celebrate his mom’s birthday…
After receiving his clean bill of health from Dr. Berenstein in New York, Ben had a couple of days to celebrate before flying back home. His family joined other families staying at the Ronald McDonald House for a bus tour of New York City. And he visited the Sweet Shop where he could indulge his sweet tooth…
But the excursion that had him more excited than Christmas and his birthday put together was an outing sponsored by the New York City Police Department, specifically the 20th Precinct. Ronald McDonald families were treated to a boat trip on the Hudson River and were taken back to the precinct where the NYPD cooked dinner for them and let the children sit behind the police desk and on police motorcycles and horses and dress in protective gear.
Our little guy posed with Chief Murtagh and was even featured in the 20th Precinct’s Twitter post on June 10.
Ben was in seventh heaven, and it was here that he was given his most prized possession. One of the female officers from the 20th gave him one of her NYPD shirts! Here he is wearing the shirt back at the Ronald McDonald House…
(He was so excited to receive this gift that he even wore it to church this past Sunday!)
Back at home in Georgia a day after the excursion, Ben found several welcome messages from his sweet neighbor…
Our little trooper is glad that he doesn’t have to return to the hospital in New York, but he’s going to miss the Ronald McDonald House and all of the wonderful people there…
#BenStrong #Soli Deo Gloria
Believing for Ben 
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The latest on grandson Brave Ben…
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I’m so glad that Ben enjoyed at least part of his trip to New York!
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He actually enjoyed much of the trip this year. He was very calm while in the hospital for his medical tests. And his trips to a New York fire station and the police precinct capped it off for him.
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Awesome – what a wonderful thing to do…everyone should see the compassion of our police! Ben looks fabulous!
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Thank you! I sent a big “thank you” to the NYPD
20th Precinct and received a nice message back from them. They’ll never know how much this outing meant to Ben!
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Heartwarming – so glad Ben has received the good bill of health, and I too, love his new NYPD dress shirt.
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Thank you! Ben is so proud of that shirt! And we are so grateful that he is doing so well.
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So glad to hear of good health for the Ben-ster. Peace.
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Thank you, John. Hope you and yours are doing well. Cheers.
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