Shelby Webster

How can someone feel "lucky" when confronted with a medical diagnosis that many people (including myself) knew nothing about? We are lucky because Jackson chose us, and the people he impacts in the community are lucky to get his light! When Jackson was born, we knew something just wasn't right. Luck brought us into the child find program when he was just 3 months old, introducing us to PT and OT services with professionals who gave him a fighting chance. Luck brought us adaptive preschool,...

The Gray in The Lavender Gray Project stands for Brain Cancer — and for us, it carries the weight of love, loss, and hope. On June 9th, 2023 , I received a phone call that changed everything.“ Shelby, I need you to take a deep breath. You have to go back to the hospital. Elliott has a tumor. ” Those words shattered the world as I knew it. The days leading up to that call — and the weeks that followed — remain a blur of fear, hospital rooms, and unanswered questions. Within just one week,...

Raegan is the original inspiration behind The Lavender Gray Project . At just three weeks old, Raegan began having seizures. After numerous medications, countless tests, a flight in the Flight for Life airplane, and six days in the PICU at Colorado Children’s Hospital, she was diagnosed with epilepsy. Lavender represents this part of her journey — purple is the awareness color for epilepsy. At six weeks old, Raegan started occupational therapy. Over the years, we’ve continued OT, completed...