Bubba and I just got back from the St. Jude Give Thanks Walk. Thanks to friends and family I raised $90. I would have loved to raise $900. But if everybody gives a little, it will add up to a lot.
I am so thankful that I have been blessed with two rather healthy little boys. I cannot imagine watching my child suffer, waiting for them to die, and not having any power to do anything to make it stop. To make them stop hurting. To make all the bad cancer cells go away, and stop destroying a precious little life. The guest of honor who spoke was a mother whose son lost the fight to cancer. When she was talking, my sweet child got tears in his eyes. The thought of cancer saddens even a six year old, who doesn't fully grasp the concept.
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is a wonderful facility. A place that I hope and pray I will never need to go to. That I pray no child I know will ever need to visit. But, I plan on doing my best to continue to raise funds for St. Jude. Because cancer sucks. But childhood cancer REALLY sucks.
So when you're out holiday shopping for your healthy kids, and the cashier asks if you want to donate $1 for St. Jude, do it. Please. I plan on it. Every single time.
I am so thankful that I have been blessed with two rather healthy little boys. I cannot imagine watching my child suffer, waiting for them to die, and not having any power to do anything to make it stop. To make them stop hurting. To make all the bad cancer cells go away, and stop destroying a precious little life. The guest of honor who spoke was a mother whose son lost the fight to cancer. When she was talking, my sweet child got tears in his eyes. The thought of cancer saddens even a six year old, who doesn't fully grasp the concept.
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is a wonderful facility. A place that I hope and pray I will never need to go to. That I pray no child I know will ever need to visit. But, I plan on doing my best to continue to raise funds for St. Jude. Because cancer sucks. But childhood cancer REALLY sucks.
So when you're out holiday shopping for your healthy kids, and the cashier asks if you want to donate $1 for St. Jude, do it. Please. I plan on it. Every single time.
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