Paint My Future - A Child's Images

Training today was fun but cold and damp, with a light rain at the end - so I don't have photos of our 8 miler. Even though the weather was not spring-like, much of the scenery was - lots of pears and cherries in bloom, plus daffodils and forsythia. It was the last training for our Shamrock teammates. They will be at the beach next week doing half and full marathons, so while we cheer for them, we will miss them! We had a great send-off breakfast at Coach Vicki's home today for our teammates, and it was a lot of fun, plus the pancakes and the egg dishes really hit the spot.

I am sure I am missing someone, but Run like the Wind next weekend Lexi, Leslie, Nicki, Donna, Rose, Chad, Jamey, Kate, Nancy, Bethany, and Sarah, as well as Coaches Vicki, Chuck, Kristi, and Cathy! It has been great training with you guys. You are great!

LLS has a program called "Paint my Future" where young children with blood cancer create artwork that depicts their hope for the future. I was really touched by this drawing by J. P. Law, age 6, who has Non-Hodgkin T-Cell Lymphoma. I hope he realizes his future dreams.

From left to right, the drawings depict:

(1) J.P. in the hospital at age 5 (2) A bald J.P. getting chemo (3) J.P. at age 15 playing professional baseball, and (4) J.P. as an oncologist helping a little girl with cancer.