Tues. Jan. 4th
If you have ANY interest in childhood cancer, you MUST read Bob Piniewski’s article (see link below). Bob, founder of People Against Childhoo Cancer (PAC2) and Dad of AJ, has really boiled down our fight to a most salient point – life years lost. To be perfectly clear, death as a result of cancer is a tragedy AT ANY AGE. But, having said that, I was very sad when my Dad died ‘early’ at 68 yrs old. But, with all due respect to my Dad, watching my son die at 14 yrs old was MUCH worse. I know my Dad knows what I mean. Please take a few minutes to read Bob’s very interesting analysis.
http://curechildhoodcancer.ning.com/forum/topics/updated-lies
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For those of you in Northern Delaware, Catherine Rooney’s Irish Pub and C.R. Hooligans in Trolley Square are doing a B+ Foundation fundraiser for the whole month of January. For every Guinness purchased during Happy Hour (4-7pm), they will donate $1.50 to our fight against childhood cancer. They’ve got a nice big banner outside advertising it. My relatives back in Ireland must be very proud! 🙂
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On a personal note, Ali has been in Europe for the last week on a 5 week “academic”/fun adventure. She will be starting Winter Session in Italy (Rome/Florence/somewhere else in Tuscany) later this week. Prior to the start of school, though, she went over and traveled to Slovakia, Hungary, and Germany- part of the time with her cousins, part by herself. She is keeping a journal and it’s really fascinating. I’m so proud of her — she’s by herself now and she visited Dachau on Sunday, Munich yesterday, and is in Frankfurt today. Her pictures are pretty amazing as well. Please take a look at Ali’s Journal and leave her a comment or two as I know she’d like to see them.
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I hope everyone enjoyed their holidays and have transitioned smoothly back into the post-holiday time. I used to really hate going back to work after the holidays. It was so depressing.
Live Like Andrew – “Be who you are, and be that well!” (Francis de Sales)
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Ali’s & Andrew’s Dad