I'm Riding For

Little Lanier

Little Lanier lost his battle with brain cancer in July 1961, aged 11. I am riding in his honour. A friend asked me today: "Who is Little Lanier?" Little Lanier was my cousin closest in age to me and also my friend. His battle with cancer was short - less than a year - and traumatic. His death left a hole in my life in many years. Because of the "climate" of the time, I was not allowed to attend his funeral or grieve him in any way. Now, decades later, I am finding my own way to honour his memory and his life, brief though it was, by participating in this ride to support raising funds for research for paediatric cancer.