As I consider my friends and family who have fought cancer, I am struck by the strength and endurance required by them to go through chemotherapy and radiation. How they courageously push through the surgeries and pain and never quit fighting until the finish. Sometimes the finish is a victory over cancer and a longer [...]
Welcome to the mission of my life…at least for this important chapter of my life.
You see, a core desire for me (and all men and women, I presume) is to live in a story larger than my own life. To be part of a grand adventure. To overcome adversity and to fight for others. Names [...]
“Sweetheart, Matt is gone.”
I still remember that morning before school. Matt was my best friend’s little brother. At seven years old, he was the first person I ever knew who had cancer…and the first person I ever knew who died. I watched Matt fight his leukemia for many months leading up to that day. I remember him wearing [...]
