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The Inspiration Behind The Triathlon |
Cancer strikes close to home for many people. Among our moms, dads, brother sisters, friends, neighbors and acquaintances, we all seem to know someone who has it. If you don’t today, you probably will.
The absolute worst, at least for most, is to hear that a child has cancer. When you ask the question, “Why?â€, this is the most difficult to comprehend. The next scenario is when a child’s parent has cancer. As a young adult, people should be worried about their first homes, having kids, growing their careers and being part of their community. Then, suddenly, an interruption in life happens that often times they never saw coming.
I’ve noticed an interesting thing. When I speak to parents of a cancer patient or older cancer patients, they talk about when “so and so†got sick. When I talk to young adults, the spouse will often say, “When we got cancer.†In a young adult family, cancer seems to attack more than one person – it invades the entire family.
Suddenly, a family may loose an income, kids start asking tough questions, and a spouse suddenly becomes a caregiver/nurse. And yet, these families go on with baseball, swim team, starting businesses and doing all of the normal things that people do, except squeezed in between tests and doctors appointments; fears and victories.
These are stories of people who, despite unplanned circumstances, not only continue to live, but to live to their fullest ability. Some people think cancer is a death sentence. But, for many of those with cancer, including these, it’s a gateway to full life.
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