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What Does it Feel Like?

As I do every year … did the Run for the Cure again this last weekend. And while I don’t dig the monetization of cancer, there is plenty that I do dig …

I LOVE that this is an event that is dedicated to ALIVENESS. To supporting, calling forth, even demanding … that people BE FULLY ALIVE, that they choose IN: to life, to activities, to exercise, to supporting those with cancer. What’s not to love about that?

Each year leading up to it I feel meh … like, really, am I going to do this again?

And then each year, when I get down there and I look into the faces of the fighters, the survivors (you can usually tell the difference by their hair length), and the supporters, the people that love someone who is fighting or has fought their way out of cancer’s nasty grip – I am, once again, moved to tears, of joy and gratitude, that we talk about this disease, that we don’t behave like it is something to hide, or something to be ashamed of, or something to face alone.

NO.

This is an amazing 12,000+ community of people that say … you can do it, I know you can, and I will stand along side you as you do. I have got your back.

That is something I can get behind.

To get a feeling of what it was like … check out this 30 second video of me describing what the experience was like for me.

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Become a Part of the Story

This story doesn’t write itself. And just like cancer, I can’t do this all by myself. I have a vision of a world where we all feel less isolated, where we all know that we matter and our lives matter and we are significant. But I need your help.

And there are so many ways that you can do that.

From giving of your time, energy or resources
To running for someone
To being someone we want to run for

All are welcome … so go ahead and find the way that you want give that is meaningful for you. And if you don’t see something that you think needs doing, go ahead and tell me about it, so that we can add it to the list.

A Different Kind of Run

I have been doing the CIBC Run for the Cure since the year I was in cancer treatment, which makes this my 14th year. Mostly now I do it to remember (and prove to myself) I can, and to stay grateful that I am alive.

To be honest, it has lost its heart.

And that makes me sad, because when I first did it, it had such meaning for me. I felt hope, and connection, a part of something bigger than me and that I was not alone in the fight.

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What Does it Feel Like?

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A Different Kind of Run

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