I write with a heavy heart today. I learned that one of the little girls I had been following on Caringbridge has passed away. Her name was Kate, she was four. She had leukemia. Although we never met in person, from what I read on her caringbridge, she was the sweetest, most full of life child you'll ever have met. She was just beautiful. Please, if you can, leave her family some prayers at www.caringbridge.org/visit/kittyskorner
It just doesn't seem fair. Cancer takes so much from so many people. But especially childhood cancer. Childhood cancer takes away daughters and sons, brothers and sisters, classmates and friends. All before they even really had a chance at life.
September is childhood cancer awareness month. Please, please, please help spread awareness about these awful diseases. Cancer isn't choosey... it doesn't pick between ages, social status, rich or poor, or anything else. It just hits, and you don't really fully understand until it hits close to home. Childhood cancer gets put on the back burner so many times. The government has just cut the funding again. These kids are not just cases. They aren't just studies. They are people. With names, and parents, and siblings, and pets. They are people with dreams, and hopes, and aspirations. Research is vital to saving these kids lives. 46 kids every school day shouldn't have to hear 'you have cancer.' And during that same time period, 8 sets of parents shouldn't have to watch their baby earn their wings. Has there been progress made? Yes. We've come a long way from only a 10% survival rate, now up to a rate of 78%. But what about the rest of them? What about kids like Kate? This is why we have to fight back. Come join me, and together, lets kick this thing.
Love,
Legs♥
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