Rains' Wish is Granted

 

 

 

By Cortney Robbins

Staff Writer

newstimes@insightbb.com

It's not everyday that dreams come true, but a new organization in Minnesota is trying its best to change that.

Zachary Rains, a 13-year-old boy from Minnesota, was chosen by Wishes & More to have his wish granted. Zachary has a rare connective tissue disorder and a form of hemophilia, and was offered the chance to experience his wish by Wishes & More, a Minnesota-based organization that grants wishes for seriously ill children.

What Zachary wanted more than anything else was to meet comic strip character Garfield.  Last week, Zachary and his mother, Holly Arnold-Rains, flew to Indiana in order to visit Garfield creator Jim Davis in Muncie.

Zachary spent the day with Davis and received several Garfield souvenirs to remember the experience.

After his visit with Davis, Zachary was supposed to go back to his hotel room to spend the night with nothing to do.  But local resident Bill Thomas wouldn’t have that.

Thomas works for Jim Taylor Transportation Company and personally chauffeured Zachary during his stay in Indiana.  When he heard that Zachary didn’t have anything planned for the evening, he decided to take matters into his own hands and threw Zachary a fishing party.

But Zachary’s trip was still no over.  On Thursday, April 21, Zachary got to spend the day at the Indianapolis 500 Speedway.

Zachary is now back at home in Minnesota but will probably always remember the time his dream came true, just as people who met Zachary will never forget him.

For more information about Zachary and Wishes & More, please visit www.wishesnmore.org.