You Know Him.
That 14 year old next door. Polite, generous, a joy to be around. An avid runner, the star of his junior high team. Always heads over to play with your grandkids. So excited to embark on his high school career, thrilled to be entering the 9th grade. His whole life ahead of him.
And then the phone call. Get to the hospital now. Leukemia. Instead of high school the next three years will be filled with uncertainty, mind numbing fatigue, treatments, and home schooling.
The High School star. A phenomenal pitcher, the star and hero of the HS baseball team. The hopes and dreams of the community. A professional athlete in the making.
Drafted by the pro’s, imagine the celebration! All the hard work, the practices, the training, and the final reward – the chance for a professional career.
And on the same day getting the diagnosis . . . cancer. Hopes and dreams replaced by uncertainty, treatments, fears. A life changed, in an instant.
Your cousin, a two time cancer survivor. Strong, inspirational, full of life. Loves the outdoors, friends, family. But the third time was too much, too hard. The will was there, the body had to succumb. From survivor to victim. Three times was just too much even for her.
You Know Them. They are your loved one, your friend, your neighbor, your relative.
I won’t give up. We can’t give up. Last year “Team Chorman’s Floor Covering” raised $6,500 in the never-ending fight against cancer. I can promise I’ll ride to Athens and back. I can’t promise I’ll ride with Lance Armstrong again, and get to show him all of the names on my jersey. I can promise I will continue to do all I can, and that I will ride hard to honor all of your loved ones, relatives, friends and neighbors – for the fight they are in, for the fight they lost. For every name on my jersey, for every name not yet on the jersey. So that we will, some day, not need to add any more names.
I won’t give up. Will You Join Me?
Help me fight cancer -- please consider a contribution to Pelotonia
http://www.pelotonia.org/ride/riders_profile.jsp?MemberID=4240&SearchStart=100&PAGING
That 14 year old next door. Polite, generous, a joy to be around. An avid runner, the star of his junior high team. Always heads over to play with your grandkids. So excited to embark on his high school career, thrilled to be entering the 9th grade. His whole life ahead of him.
And then the phone call. Get to the hospital now. Leukemia. Instead of high school the next three years will be filled with uncertainty, mind numbing fatigue, treatments, and home schooling.
The High School star. A phenomenal pitcher, the star and hero of the HS baseball team. The hopes and dreams of the community. A professional athlete in the making.
Drafted by the pro’s, imagine the celebration! All the hard work, the practices, the training, and the final reward – the chance for a professional career.
And on the same day getting the diagnosis . . . cancer. Hopes and dreams replaced by uncertainty, treatments, fears. A life changed, in an instant.
Your cousin, a two time cancer survivor. Strong, inspirational, full of life. Loves the outdoors, friends, family. But the third time was too much, too hard. The will was there, the body had to succumb. From survivor to victim. Three times was just too much even for her.
You Know Them. They are your loved one, your friend, your neighbor, your relative.
I won’t give up. We can’t give up. Last year “Team Chorman’s Floor Covering” raised $6,500 in the never-ending fight against cancer. I can promise I’ll ride to Athens and back. I can’t promise I’ll ride with Lance Armstrong again, and get to show him all of the names on my jersey. I can promise I will continue to do all I can, and that I will ride hard to honor all of your loved ones, relatives, friends and neighbors – for the fight they are in, for the fight they lost. For every name on my jersey, for every name not yet on the jersey. So that we will, some day, not need to add any more names.
I won’t give up. Will You Join Me?
Help me fight cancer -- please consider a contribution to Pelotonia
http://www.pelotonia.org/ride/riders_profile.jsp?MemberID=4240&SearchStart=100&PAGING
