God truly gives you what you need EXACTLY when you need it. I've been struggling lately- feeling like I haven't been doing enough to help with cancer awareness and research, research that will one day cure this horrible disease. I happened across a 5k in support of brain cancer research: 'Run For The Rose'. As I started reading more about the story behind the name of the race, I realized I had much more in common with this race than I even realized. The race was founded in 2002, in memory of Dr. Rose- a 28 year old pediatric resident who passed away from Glioblastoma, the same type of brain cancer my Dad fights daily. The mission of the foundation is simple: "To eradicate brain cancer."
I absolutely hate cancer. But I refuse to allow this horrible disease to do anything to my life except make it better. Each day I realize more and more that we can't control what happens in our lives, but we can control how we react to what happens. I've decided I want to help DO something about this horrible disease, a disease which has greatly impacted my life. I've created a team in 'Run For The Rose'. I hope with continued research, brain cancer and all other types of cancer will no longer be a term which terrifies those diagnosed, and will no longer be a term which can end someone's life too soon. So please join my team and run that day or help support cancer research with a donation.
So join me in this fight, a fight that spreads far beyond just my Dad, but to the others who are also fighting cancer, and those who have lost this fight. Let's work towards finding a cure that will BTHO cancer!
http://runfortherose.racepartner.com/Run-for-the-rose/bthobraincancer
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