2 Haywood County twins dedicate their 7th birthday to their best friend

BROWNSVILLE, Tenn.–“We really miss him, and we love him,” said Reece and Graham Taylor.

Twins Reece and Graham Taylor have been childhood friends with Clayton Pinner since birth.

The three hung out with each other on a regular basis.

That was until late October, when news of Clayton’s cancer diagnosis put a pause of the boys’ friendship.

“So it’s kind of been a roller coaster ever since then. At first he was in the hospital, you know. Nobody could come see him, but we just kind of kept up with him, FaceTimed with him,” Carleigh Taylor, the twins’ mom, said.

Taylor said since Clayton went in the hospital, Reece and Graham haven’t seen as much of their friend as they would like.

“For the twins’ birthday they wanted to give him money, give the hospital money, in order to make him better,” Taylor said.

“Our mom says that it cost $1 million. We thought we could raise one million dollars,” the boys said.

Of course mom thought they could use some help, so she hopped on board and started a GoFundMe for Clayton, with a goal of $700 for the twins’ 7th birthday.

“There is a stop at the end of the number line and we want to get there. We won’t stop until the last number,” the boys said.

“Within 30 minutes we hit $700, within an hour it had doubled to $1,400,” said Carleigh.

And within only 48 hours they raised over $18,000 for Clayton.

“When our mom told us the number got bigger and bigger, we got wilder and wilder,” the twins said.

Overwhelmed by the support, Reece and Graham couldn’t wait to show their best friend what they did.

“We felt so happy,” they said.

The boys say they want to raise money for Clayton every year on their birthday until he gets better.

As of  late Monday night, the Taylors’ GoFundMe raised more than $23,000 for their best friend Clayton.