The one I picked for this week is the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. My good friend C has CF. We spent many of our formative childhood years together, as our mothers are best friends. Throughout my childhood I watched as C spent time being "thumped" to loosen the mucous in his lungs...I visited him during his many hospitilizations...I partcipated in Swim-a-thons, Bowl-a-thons, You name it- a-thons to raise much needed funds for the CF Foundation for research and development...
Six years ago I attended a 30th birthday party for C. It was poignant because at one point there were questions if C would ever see his 20th birthday...
When I picked the CF Foundation a few weeks ago I choose this week to give to honor C - as his 36th birthday is tommorrow...the past few months there have been some speedbumps - he has been in and out of the hospital and at one point it was very touch and go - but he is a fighter and pulled through..
Last week...he received a wonderful gift...a new set of lungs.
He has a long stuggle in front of him - but he is a fighter...
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
~Winston Churchill
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