My friend Mooki's son Toby is three years old. He's a beautiful child, with big brown eyes, and soft curls. We did a photo shoot together a few years ago, and I didn't want to let him out of my arms.

Tomorrow morning, Toby is having surgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. About two months ago, he was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a rare type of cancer that mainly affects children. Almost immediately after his diagnosis, Toby's friends and family rallied to his side. An email from Mooki's brother to 25 friends and coworkers inspired a friend to start a blog: http://tobypannone.blogspot.com, which has become the centerpiece of Mooki and her family's communication with loved ones.

Neighbors from the family's Park Slope community, classmates of Toby and his older brother Yoni, coworkers and strangers check the blog daily, looking for updates on Toby's condition and offering messages of love and support for the family. There's even a shared Google Calendar where people can sign up to offer rides, homecooked meals, and garbage disposal duty. Reading through comments on the blog, it's amazing to see a community of people from across the globe--israel, germany, new york--offering love, prayers and hope.

The internet is an amazing tool to inform, educate, and bring people together. Take a moment to check out Toby's blog, offer a kind word to Mooki and her family, and think healing thoughts for the little boy with the soft curls as he goes into surgery tomorrow morning.