Making a Difference

Jim, Cait, and I recently attended the American Cancer Society’s “Relay for Life” walk in the park across the street from our home. We walk every year in the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s “Light the Night” walk which raises money to help a cause dear to our hearts. My dad and Jim’s dad died of leukemia. So we walk for my dad, Jim’s dad, and for a cousin of mine, who to date is healthy and in remission. (Thank you God)

We decided to expand our walks this year and walk not only for those who have succumbed to this disease but for those who have survived. Jim is a survivor. This fact didn’t really click until recently when the national cancer registry contacted Jim for a survivor follow-up. He beat thyroid cancer and is doing well. We are thankful. So we walk to help others. We will continue to walk. We hate cancer in this house. We don’t like what it does or how it sneaks into people’s lives, robbing them of so much. So we will continue to help when we can. We like knowing we are helping to make a difference.

Fact: Every five minutes someone is diagnosed with a blood cancer.
Fact: Every ten minutes someone loses the fight.

http://www.leukemia-lymphoma.org
http://www.cancer.org

POST NOTE: We apparently helped to raise just shy of $7,000.!! :) Thanks Tracy for organizing us and taking the lead for something so damn important!