All Good Things are Wild and Free

My friend, Samya, is amazingly talented. She has designed a tee-shirt, inspired by Ro, and children everywhere, sick or not.  Until the end of the month 15% of sales will go to Ronan’s Foundation. You can order any shirt, any style. Support Ronan by wearing the raddest shirts around. She’ll even make an F U Cancer, one!!
Thanks Samya<3
Below is what she had to say about the new shirt and how she was inspired.
all good things are wild and free. -henry david thoreauIf we are lucky, as adults, we will still feel this way…we will still be this way. We will love wildly, we will give our hearts and be selfless. We won’t strive harder to drive a range rover than we will to dance in the rain with our children. We can make choices as adults to live this way. This is why this quote fills my heart…kind of like when I hear that’s it’s okay to march to the beat of a different drum…because that’s always how I’ve been. Always heard a different beat, always needed to be wild and free.But this quote also breaks my heart. Because if there is one thing that is certain, it’s that children should be able to be wild and free. They should be able to be careless, they should be able to jump in puddles and color on the walls. They should be able to be utterly wild, and free. This year I have been faced with three important women in my life whose children have been diagnosed with cancer. Two of their little girls, Mia and Elizabeth, are fighting for their lives. One, a little three year old named Ronan Thompson, lost his battle, and he is now an angel in heaven. Ronan’s mom Maya Thompson has a blog called RockstarRonan.com, and she has made it her mission in life to raise awareness and funds for Childhood Cancer. Maya and Ronan, and Sandra and Mia, and Heidi and Elizabeth have changed my life. I work less, I play with my children more. I have less rules, I give more kisses. I know that ALL GOOD THINGS ARE WILD AND FREE, and I won’t take for granted that my children and I will always be able to live like that.

When you wear this shirt, I don’t want you to be sad, I don’t want you to think of Cancer, I just want you to try to live the words that Thoreau wrote. Forget what’s unimportant. Be nice, smile, let the other car go ahead of you in traffic. Be who you were meant to be before all the other stuff got in the way.

I handscreenprint Thoreau’s beautiful words onto a super soft, rather sexy backless flowy burnout tee. The tee is cropped in front and long in the back, and it is backless. Available in S,M,L,XL. I am wearing a Large in the photos, I like them extra flowy. The color is oatmeal heather and you can choose your ink color. I used lipstick pink on this one. *****In NOTES TO FIREDAUGHTER when you are checking out, please indicate desired size and ink color.

4 responses to “All Good Things are Wild and Free”

  1. I was listening to this song and thought it was beautiful. I immediately thought of you and Ronan. Thought you might like it. Here are the lyrics too because that is what really caught my attention.

    Hallelujah by Gin Wigmore: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIJmRPPvywY

    Take your last step towards heaven And its glow
    Take your last breath of sunlight, Don’t let it go
    Take your last look to remember now, So that you know

    I wont let you fade from no minds
    I wont let you fade from no minds
    Hey hey now I wont let you fade from no minds

    Hallelujah for these eyes to see your painted life
    Hallelujah for the touch of skin to skin with mine
    Hallelujah for this mind that keeps our souls combined
    Hallelujah for this life that let me be your child

    Have your mind,
    have your strength to stay alive
    And keep your eyes open with mine

    You followed the road for the angels and you left me behind
    A face without words can last a lifetime but it’s never the same
    So, don’t say goodbyes that last forever
    Hold on just for a while
    but I’ll be by to see you some day soon now
    Please hold on tonight
    oh cause I’m fallin, I don’t know why

    Hallelujah for these eyes to see your painted life
    Hallelujah for the touch now of skin to skin with mine
    Hallelujah for this mind that keeps our souls combined
    Hallelujah for this life that let me be your child

    Hallelujah, to be a part of your life
    To see inside of all your smiles
    You’re a traffic light of fire
    You’re a man who I believe will never die

  2. Love it! Just ordered 3 – one for me, my sis and my mama.
    What a great girl, that Samya!

  3. LOVE the shirt…and what a gorgeous model! : ) I’ll be ordering mine on payday!

  4. I’m quite delayed seeing as though this is from last year… but I typed in “all good things are wild and free” to find out more about the saying because I would like to get it as a tattoo… And then I came upon this article/site. I started reading and became so inspired. It’s amazing what people can do for others. “We will love wildly, we will give our hearts and be selfless” and that’s exactly what you are doing. Just thought I’d leave my comment in any case 🙂

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