I have an interesting story to share with you about how two people who never met found a connection at the exact same time in their desire to make a difference in the lives of those affected by blood cancer.
I have written about our honoree Tressa and why I have been compelled to raise money to fund research and find a cure for Leukemia, Lymphoma and Myeloma. I shared how I never had the pleasure of meeting Tressa but I have been given the gift to know her through her wonderful family who I have grown to love. It is Tressa's younger cousin that is the man marrying my daughter this summer.
Like my daughter, Tressa too was very much in love at age 21 before Leukemia took her life so abruptly. That was in 2004.
A couple of days ago Tressa's aunt my soon to be in-law sent a link. I was so amazed and heart-warmed at what I found upon clicking on that link http://gardeningontherun.tumblr.com; a woman who committed herself to do a Team In Training for The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society raising money for the cure and her honoree -Tressa. And more amazing still, she like me never met Tressa. It's Tressa's tragic story that touched her in a way she never thought possible as it did me. And her connection - the very same guy (now her boyfriend) who was Tressa's first love and who was by Tressa's side four years ago when she passed away.
And now we are two women committed to raising as much money as possible in honor of a young lady neither of us ever met. She changed our lives and fixed our determination to assure that this never happens again when someone so precious and dear to loved ones is lost. Maybe we can right the wrong for others.
Without her knowing it Tressa has touched so many lives and her memory lives on.
Friday, February 12, 2010
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