How many of us have been impacted in some way or another by cancer? Sometimes, do you wish there was something (anything) you could do to help defeat the cause? Now you can!
For those of you who know me and my family, we lost our "rock," our patriarch, and my grandmother Maryann Diglio this past June to throat cancer. Every day is a struggle without her here, and not just for my family and I, but for the many lives she touched simply by being who she was.
My grandmother was inspiring. She was a devoted Catholic, and lived life with such grace and strength. In no shape or form did she let the sickness define her, never once complaining of any loss of life or pain (that we now know she was in). Such a fighter she was.
Though, to me, one of the hardest things throughout all of this to fathom (and still is), is that Gram no longer could speak the last months of her life. She had completely lost her voice after having to remove her voice box infested with cancer cells...I remember talking with my cousin a few days before she passed, crying. She said to me, "I don't even remember the sound of her voice. What she sounds like..." And not because we had forgotten her (we never could do that), but because lip reading had become the "new normal."
I don't have the answers. I don't know why such bad things happen to truly good, good people. But one thing I do know is that in small ways, we can help find a cure. So, on behalf of my grandmother, I've decided to help be her voice and raise money to help find a CURE for childhood cancer.
Please, I invite you to join me and consider a small gift to help me reach my goal of $1500! Participate in this journey and honor those you know who are fighting, too. Every child deserves to have a voice and do amazing things in this world.
And whether you join our team at Solvay High School, support our event on March 17th, volunteer, shave your head (no, I have not found the courage to do this yet, but maybe someday!) or donate, we hope you'll be part of the excitement. Every little bit makes a difference for the thousands of infants, children, teens, and young adults fighting childhood cancers.
