A Privilege and A Honor

Today I had the honor and privilege to sign a  prayer flag,
as a cancer survivor, that will be carried by a dear family
friend to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa along with
his Mother's.  Colby Thackeray's Mother passed away from
cancer one year ago.  He has been working to help raise
funds that will go to help build a cancer center in Moshi,
Tanzania.  There are no cancer services available there.
His Mother's oncologist, Dr. Brandon Fisher,
founded this foundation and treated his Mother over 2 1/2 years.
You can read about it here:
 http://www.gofundme.com/radiatinghope

Signing the Prayer Flag

Grandkids adding to the flag

Completed Flag

Colby and myself

 











This was a very tender and emotional time for
all of us.  I had invited my daughter and grandkids
to come over as Kerri and Colby's wife are best
friends and have been since elementary school.
Colby said I couldn't cry or he would lose it, also.
So, I waited until he left.

Cancer is never far away and it is times like this
that my experience is brought to the forefront.
How grateful I am to be a survivor and to be
able to share in this healing process with Colby
and Rachelle.