Blogging for Cancer
A year ago the world lost a beautiful and spirited 6 year old boy
A year ago a mother and father lost their first and only son
A year ago my kids learned a very hard lesson about life and death
A year ago my kids questioned their own mortality
A year ago I was forever changed
Our nephew Jack died of complications from a long battle with Leukemia one year ago.
We called him Jack the Brave.
“Those we have held in our arms just a little while, we hold in our hearts forever.”
If you have a blog or a website, please help promote our “Blogging for Blood Cancer” Event. The first annual “Blogging for Blood Cancer” event will take place from August 11-18, 2008. This first time event will bring bloggers from across the United States together to raise awareness for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and its mission to cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.
The event is being hosted by Goodies for Mom in conjunction with the Friends of Heroes (FOH) National Light The Night Team. They are asking (ok ,begging) that bloggers post on blogs throughout the event about the importance of the LLS mission, share your personal stories of those you have come to know who have been affected by blood cancer, or share some of the stories you read on the FOH site during the week that have touched your hearts.
All bloggers participating will have the opportunity to be entered to win prizes donated by event sponsors by leaving a Mr. Linky link on the Goodies for Mom post for the event. The event post will go up on August 11, 2008 at 8:00am. Even if you do not have a blog, visitors to the Goodies for Mom and Friends of Heroes blogs during the week will also have opportunities to win as they learn more about the importance of LLS’s research and patient services in the fight against blood cancer.
To help promote the event, anyone who puts a button or banner on their site, or writes a post about the event with a link back to this post, then leaves a link below on our Mr. Linky by midnight on August 10, 2008 will be entered for a chance to win a $25 Barnes & Noble gift card.
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Comment by MaryBeth I on 9 August 2008:
This is very touching. I found out this week that 2 people I know have been battling cancer and 2 more ppl. have been diagnosed. Thank you for doing this - it is a wonderful tribute to your nephew. I will certainly blog about this.
Comment by Acai Berry (1 comments.) on 2 September 2008:
Great information! Thanks for writing this. It is an honor to participate in the discussion.