Brenden Christian

Brenden Christian

Brenden-ChristianBrenden is a 12-year-old boy from Granbury, Tex., who is living with craniopharyngioma, a benign brain tumor that is found near the pituitary gland. This is the same kind of brain tumor that gold medal figure skater Scott Hamilton had.

This diagnosis has not stopped Brenden as he has been on the school honor roll for the last five years and has always excelled in academics. Brenden is great at basketball and archery and loves doing crafts. He especially loves making paracord bracelets that require coordinated fine motor skills to create.

This quote by perhaps the greatest professional basketball player of all time, Michael Jordan, seems to have been spoken directly to Brenden. And Brenden listened.

“Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.”