In memory of...
Jan. 12th, 2010 09:56 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sunmontueIn memory of family and friends who have lost the battle with cancer; and in support of the ones who continue to conquer it! Post this on your LJ if you know someone who has or had cancer.
I've lost... well, what seems like more than my fair share of people to cancer. My aunt, my grandfather, a childhood friend 20 years ago, another friend 13 years ago, my dad has it at the moment, my mother-in-law- and father-in-law both have it, two of my husbands four grandparents have it. Living in NZ means that skin cancer is a prevalent part of society and unavoidable. As a couple with no dependants and both in fulltime employment I consider ourselves very fortunate that we can make monthly donations to two causes, one of which is Oncology Research (the other goes to the SPCA).
Also, seeing as this post has now kind of got me down, I'll put thoughts out there for my mum, who died overnight in her sleep very suddenly (but had survived her cancer) and my sole surviving grandparent who is now permanently in hospital. Makes me really appreciate the small family I have left, my brother and my dad. I have three cousins (all sisters), one who lives in Japan, another who lives in America and another who lives in New Zealand. Lucky I married into a big family.
I've lost... well, what seems like more than my fair share of people to cancer. My aunt, my grandfather, a childhood friend 20 years ago, another friend 13 years ago, my dad has it at the moment, my mother-in-law- and father-in-law both have it, two of my husbands four grandparents have it. Living in NZ means that skin cancer is a prevalent part of society and unavoidable. As a couple with no dependants and both in fulltime employment I consider ourselves very fortunate that we can make monthly donations to two causes, one of which is Oncology Research (the other goes to the SPCA).
Also, seeing as this post has now kind of got me down, I'll put thoughts out there for my mum, who died overnight in her sleep very suddenly (but had survived her cancer) and my sole surviving grandparent who is now permanently in hospital. Makes me really appreciate the small family I have left, my brother and my dad. I have three cousins (all sisters), one who lives in Japan, another who lives in America and another who lives in New Zealand. Lucky I married into a big family.
