( Me and my team in 2011 kicking some cancer ass! )
In the last week or so plenty of people have asked me what
it felt like to turn 40. Well, it really didn't matter to me in the
stereotypical way people think of it. Let me illustrate.
Then: I was diagnosed/treated for cancer and turned 30 in the midst
of it. Yuck!
Now: I turned 40 on Monday and was given the good word just today that
I am free of cancer for 10 years running. Hot damn!
Which one would you choose? See why turning 40 is so awesome
for me? I'm better now than when I was 30 and so happy to be here to say that!
This is cause for celebration, and trust me I'll be doing
plenty of that; so should you if only because celebrating a great story
even when it isn't your own makes us human. But there is more to this than
hoots, hollers and cheering.
The war on cancer has not been won. We've barely advanced
our pieces on the board. My cause for celebration is a reminder of the battle
we wage and why all of us need to get involved. It's a fight for life, and none
of us are safe.
Fight back for Hannah, Bill, Pete, Rhonda and Noah who carry
on their own personal battles. Celebrate all the survivors who remind us that
hope is not lost. Fight back for your children, spouse, mother, father,
siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins, friends, neighbors, co-workers and yourself. Remember
those we've lost and whose presence at our side as we fight propels us forward
to victory. Get involved for any reason you want, but get involved.
Click below to make a donation to the American Cancer
Society Relay For Life.
Thank you!
Jason
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