So this is today’s picture. I feel like I should take some time to talk about the why of this project. 2016 was a pretty bad year. In January one of my friends, Marie, died from breast cancer, and while that sucked, it got worse when my brother, Matt, was diagnosed with kidney cancer two months later. Three weeks later, he was gone. Then in the summer my childhood friend Nate was diagnosed with kidney cancer. He died in March 2017.
I have been wanting do do a project to raise money for cancer research for a while now, but I have just kept putting it off. Some of my ideas seemed above my skill level, others seemed beyond my resources, but when I had the idea for the Quarter for Cancer project, I sort of ran out of excuses.
So for the next year I’m committed to seeing what I can do with this. I started this in memory of my brother and my friends who didn’t make it, but I’m also doing it for those I know who have been diagnosed with cancer and those who are currently dealing with it.
My hope is that I can play some small part in helping find a cure. Because cancer affects us all and the sooner we can get rid of it for good the better.