A child can often say it better than an adult

This poem was recently sent to me by a friend. It was written by Dylan Coldiron, a fifth grader who recently lost a very dear friend to pancreatic cancer. Dylan had to write a poem for school about something he would like to change about the world we live in.

A change to better our world: Cure Cancer

Cancer is something that dogs, cats, and people have had,
it is something that makes people really, really sad,
it makes you weak it makes you down,
and this makes me upset to see people frown,
lots of times people who have it will die,
it is something that makes tough people cry,
it is not funny, its horrific and true,
I don’t want to see it, it makes me blue,
there’s not anything you can do because it happens so fast,
it takes people from the present and puts them in the past,
my wish to help the world is to make cancer go away
so that people stop dying from cancer today
I wish that I could find a cure to make them all healthy,
so they can drive, breathe, sing, and maybe get wealthy,
If I found a cure it would make me smile and be glad,
But it can’t take back the time that we could’ve had.

Wednesday, April 21 It's Clinic Day!

Wednesdays are quite possibly the best day of the week. Today was jumping in the ASK clinic. The treatment room was full, the patient rooms were full, the consult rooms were full and the waiting was full! I was so lucky to spend my lunch hour playing SORRY!, Memory, and with legos.

This week I also met Wilson. Wilson is two years old, recently diagnosed and an amazing child! He joined us and helped move my playing pieces while we played SORRY! I recently learned that the Reesestrong Foundation provided a new swing set for Wilson. With all of his amazing energy, he'll definitely make full use of it!

Saturday, April 17

Ah, another weekend of hill training. I hate it; however, my good friend who lives in San Diego said that I will appreciate the hill training when I finally get out there. Saturday's hill training consisted of a scenic run through Hollywood Cemetery.

My teammate Art and I were a bit scared of the hills that awaited us as we ran through the gates.

Charging up the FIRST hill.

Everyone always questioned why a polar bear showed up on the Island on LOST. How come no one has ever questioned a polar bear in Richmond?

Art still working on his Runner's World cover pose.

Friday, April 9 - Riverside Drive

So I've been slack about blogging. It all started out so well. Oh, well. 7 weeks until the race so I'll do my best to keep up until then!

Last week, Art and I tackled Riverside Drive for our 6 miles. You either love it or hate it because its all hell. I mean, hills. We had a great pace and ended up with a great time.

My teammate, Art, posing before we headed out. He's working on his pose for Runners World. We'll work on a better pose during this week's run.

We took a break and marveled at how far we had come since crossing the bridge!

Art's fancy camera caught me in mid-stride. I was going to so fast, I am amazed the image showed up!

Coming back across the bridge. Another mile and a half and we're done!