Grace: A Child's Intimate Journey Through Cancer and Recovery
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. It has been officially declared by President Obama over a year ago.
I have yet to see a single Gold Ribbon in a public place this entire month.
We are tragically unaware.
I am not suggesting Gold Ribbons will cure childhood cancer; I am wondering why there are no Gold Ribbons.
What crawls up the back of my spine is that I know that lack of public knowledge about childhood cancer is costing lives.
Costing children’s lives….
To me this means war.
And so, from my own little corner of this World, I write, speak, raise money, and journey in HopeMobiles. I know that my contribution to the war is a little drop in the bucket. I also know that I am not alone. I love knowing others who have joined to help the kids in many different ways. I want to thank you, everyone, for all you are doing. I need to give you one great big group hug right now!
Can you breathe???????
So, little itty bitty Melinda will keep doing my MelindaThing and please, everyone else keep doing your Thing too!
Maybe next year, we will see Gold Ribbons.
Gold Ribbons are great; the real victory will be a cure.
Children's Mercy Hospital
The more we join together, the faster we will get there…
Directory of childhood cancer organizations
http://curechildhoodcancer.ning.com//page/childhood-cancer-directory
Alex’s Lemonade Database Project
http://www.mychildhoodcancer.org/?LQID=1&origin=facebook
46 Mommas Shave for the Brave at Union Station
Melinda Marchiano 
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