We've been so overwhelmed, and so blessed with amazing friends and family who are wanting to donate money or join our team for 'Run For The Rose', a race supporting Brain Cancer Research in Houston on March 30. So far we have raised $2,875 and over 30 people have joined our team! I love being able to share our story and raise awareness for Brain Cancer! I have had people stop and ask me about how to register for the run or how to donate, and I wanted to provide something to help anyone through the process- because I know it can be a bit confusing!
I have created a word document which provides step-by-step procedures (and pictures!) of how to register and how to donate. If this is something that you would like to see, PLEASE email me (glenzwhitney@gmail.com) and I can email you the information. We will also be ordering Team Lar t-shirts for the run, if this is something you are interested in PLEASE let me know. I plan to contact each member of our team this week- so if you are already on the team, no worries- you'll be getting an email from me soon! :)
Dad's been having a good week post-chemo treatment, although each day is a new day filled with concern that he may still be sick. The chemo pills tend to stay in Dad's system about 10 days after the last pill, which means we continue to monitor him and how well he is feeling. I'm currently traveling for work, which means 4 days away from home. It absolutely KILLS me to be away from home and not able to check on Dad or do things around the house- which makes me wonder how I ever made it for over 2 years living in Austin. I talked to Dad today and it just puts a huge smile on my face to hear his speech getting better and better each day- he's come so far!
Tomorrow is my parents wedding anniversary, and to say they have truly lived their vows would be an understatement- "...In Sickness and in health". I've been so blessed to witness their love for one another, love that goes far beyond any words- as their love is shown through their actions, two people who would literally do anything for one another.
I ask that you continue to pray for Dad, as we have another MRI scheduled at the end of this month. Dad continues to make progress everyday and I'm so incredibly proud that he is MY Dad. I also ask that you not take pity on us, please don't apologize for Dad's diagnosis- pray instead! Pray that he continues to do well with treatment, pray that my Mom continues with her strength each and every day, and pray that we all find the good in each and every moment. I'm not saying that this experience and this diagnosis has been easy (it's been far from that!), but I've been able to step back and see the good through all the bad. Cancer can do a lot of things to a person and to a person's family- both good and bad. I've seen the good. I've seen that the good has far outweighed the bad. Cancer may have taken away some of my Dad's short term memory, or some of his hair, and maybe some of his critical thinking ability- but what it hasn't taken away is my Dad's humor, my Dad's strength, and my Dad's love for his family. What cancer has done is made me realize even more that my Dad is really funny, that my Dad is really strong, and that my Dad loves his family more than life itself!
As any Aggie would say when describing Texas A&M University: "From the outside looking in, you can't understand it, and from the inside looking out, you can't explain it."- And this is EXACTLY how I've described our situation. I can't explain how I find the good in it all, but I can explain how this situation has found the good in me.
Continue the prayers, continue the support and continue to help us BTHO ALL Cancer!
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