Blame Canada

This is a slightly unprecedented midweek entry, but there's a reason for that. Today is May 5th (or at least it is in this time zone). That means today is my mum's birthday. She would have been 55, but she died of cancer 13 years ago.

So why am I telling you all this? First of all, moving to a new country throws up a lot of emotional stuff and that includes grief. Lately I've been thinking about my mum a lot. Since I've been here I've had at least three dreams about her still being alive.

Secondly, although I've been thinking about raising money for cancer research for years, this year I've decided to actually do it. So here's what I'm going to do:

Remember Terry Fox? He's the guy who ran halfway across Canada with one leg before dying of lung cancer. Well, every year in Canada they do something called the Terry Fox run. It's really a series of local fun runs, only about 10km, and anyone can participate to raise money for cancer research. It takes place in September and I'm going to run it.

This is where you come in. I need sponsors! My target is to raise 5000 Canadian dollars, but I think we can do better than that. I know September seems miles away, but all you have to do is click on the link below, pledge some money, and then forget about it until I email you after the run demanding the cash : )

Here's the link: http://www.terryfoxrun.org/ENRunner/default.asp?s=1&RunnerID=13205

Click against cancer! Do it now! (please)

# posted by Suzie : 8:50 PM