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Recently I read an article by Today Show host Erica Hill, titled "Why I Run", a story of her family's battle against cancer. It made me think about why I run. It made me think about what drives me to go on my long runs, what drives me to get up early and what drives me to continue to fight through the moments when I want to stop. And the answer was easy, the answer was simple: My Dad.  Erica Hill says it so perfectly: "And so I run because I don't want anyone else to suffer like my father did... I am running because we can change the way these stories end, and I want to help make that happen." It's exactly why I run each day. It's exactly why I sign up for runs like 'Run For The Rose', supporting the Dr. Marnie Rose Foundation, and it's exactly why I share Dad's story.  Running became my escape from it all. With Dad's diagnosis, I dealt with so many side effects of stress and anxiety. I didn't sleep well, I was always tired, a...

Today marks 13 months since Dad's seizure. How crazy it is to think that it's all been 13 short months that our lives changed, 13 short months of renewing our faith, and 13 short months that have felt like a lifetime.  As the 5th of this month comes around, I'm reminded of that terrifying day of Dad's seizure, the time we spent in the hospital, and those weeks following Dad's surgery, those weeks that tested our faith and strength in so many ways. And even more so, the stories that have filled the news recently about Brain Cancer, those stories that have tugged on my heart in so many ways.  I follow many different blogs with others who share our fight against cancer, and after reading an entry from a wife, who's husband has the same type of cancer as Dad, I was left realizing that maybe I'm alone in these thoughts about Brittany Maynard. Maybe I'm alone in my thoughts that what Brittany Maynard did was not what I consider brave, and maybe I'm alone i...