News about awesome people travels pretty fast; Amy got a shoutout from Lance Armstrong for her thoughtful email this morning.
We’re kind of a big deal! More important than reaching the summit, though: our team raised over $200,000 for cancer programs and services at LIVESTRONG!
If at least 5,000 people sign this letter, LIVESTRONG will ask lawmakers to make Texas a leader in the fight against cancer by: passing a statewide indoor smoke-free workplace law; and renewing funding for Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT). So sign the letter and make your voice heard! It takes less than a minute and there’s no spam—just good karma.
Lauren Spiker, founder and Executive Director of Melissa’s Living Legacy Teen Cancer Foundation, tells the story of Mary Eggers, a grassroots fundraiser with a true passion for fighting against cancer. She’s got the guts to take on Lance Armstrong in a kickboard race to raise cancer awareness on April 28. Find out more in the link above.
We have two options…give up, or fight like hell.
“I haven’t run in at least six months,” said Justin Ozuna, who’s been fighting CML for 6 years. “I knew it would be hard, but I wanted it to be harder than sitting at home and wondering what was going to happen next. My legs kept moving. My body began to hurt, but my head began to lighten. I’m sure that I looked like the Lance Armstrong of zombies as I struggled up each hill, but I’m confident that nobody has looked less graceful running down them. It was just what I needed. I felt much better…The marathon of the mind is one that never goes away…It’s just another day, another lesson, another hurdle on the road to the finish line. I’ll have hard days, but that isn’t a prerequisite to be hard on myself. When I learn that lesson, things will be a lot easier in the future.”
Justin talks frankly about hard times, and the lessons that he’s learning along the way to get through them—like being too hard on oneself, and learning instead to focus on the present.
His blog also chronicles lots of other cool things happening in his life. He hasn’t let cancer, or his need for a possible bone marrow transplant, define him.
Keep fighting and please keep writing, Justin. Your honesty inspires me to climb.
Lisa's reflections on summitting Kilimanjaro and raising over $10,000 for cancer programs and services at LIVESTRONG.
