Today is September 10th.
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It's a special day because across the world a local childhood cancer ambassador, Mike Strange, is running with Brookie in mind.
Today is an otherwise normal average day.
School.
Work.
Dance class.
Maybe even a Blue Jays game on TV.
Our life is so normal.
So average.
I've never been so grateful.
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month is very difficult and triggering for my husband and I. It's immensely painful to hear stories about other children who are no longer here on this earth.
The truth is, it hurts our hearts, it cuts us to the core.
We see our own family in theirs.
Our own daughter in their child.
We know it could have been us.
It's impossible to know why our child survived.
It's nauseating to consider her relapsing.
People often say, childhood cancer is their worst nightmare and they couldn't imagine their child becoming sick.
Well guess what?
It's even more horrendous than you can imagine. Right now, at this very moment there are children so very sick they cannot eat or play, laugh or go to school. We have seen more families suffer, more adults and children endure anxiety, depression, divorce and PTSD than anyone would like to admit.
You know what else?
We've also seen the best in people. We've seen unwavering love, unrepayable kindness, gestures of faith and deep heartfelt support by people like Mike, along with countless others.
It's really incredible to consider how something so awful can bring out such authentic goodness in people.
Stop for a moment and reflect on the fact.
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I've learned not to question life or God, as the cyclical nature of those questions leads only to suffering. I've learned to simply accept, then appreciate life.
The insanity of busy, because that means my kids are healthy and following their dreams.
The late nights when I can't fall asleep, because I am home in my bed and not cramped in a hospital room chair.
The burgeoning grocery bills, because my children are eating nutritious food and not ordering off the cafeteria menu.
The many (many) overwhelming days where nothing feels right, because I now know what it truly feels like for everything to be terribly, terribly wrong.
So to Mike Strange, and all childhood cancer ambassadors working hard this month to raise awareness and funds for our kids, thank you.
Together we will continue to walk tall, support the families in crisis, care for our beautiful warriors and honour every single child who looks down from the highest heaven.
Xo
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