Advocacy isn't a linear journey from novice to expert. It's more like a spiral, where you keep passing the same landmarks but from different vantage points.
Beautiful words, my friend, and definitely where my heart has been this year. Losing the people we love is painful and I am grateful to have met and loved them, knowing full well and ever open to the possibility that love begets loss, and will continue again and again.
Thank you so much, Michael. I was thinking of you as I was writing this. You have been one I have looked up to, and I know how difficult this past year has been. They all hit harder the longer I go on.
Tim this post is all my feels! You stated it so eloquently. The loss is all consuming at times and hard to get past, yet it is the Cancer that brought us all together in the first place. I’m grateful for that, as crazy as it sounds. I have and have had the most amazing humans in my life because of this horrific disease. Somedays are harder than others to keep positive and continue with the advocacy but I know I must, because it’s in my heart and soul to see impactful changes.
This resonates so strongly with me, Tim. I’m not nearly as seasoned in this space as you are although my advocacy journey started “officially” in 2022 with my first (virtual) Call on Congress. I can only hope to have the impact you do on others and you are right, the losses are getting more profound. I keep thinking about what they would say…keep going, keep fighting. And I will. 💙💙
Beautiful words, my friend, and definitely where my heart has been this year. Losing the people we love is painful and I am grateful to have met and loved them, knowing full well and ever open to the possibility that love begets loss, and will continue again and again.
Thank you so much, Michael. I was thinking of you as I was writing this. You have been one I have looked up to, and I know how difficult this past year has been. They all hit harder the longer I go on.
Tim this post is all my feels! You stated it so eloquently. The loss is all consuming at times and hard to get past, yet it is the Cancer that brought us all together in the first place. I’m grateful for that, as crazy as it sounds. I have and have had the most amazing humans in my life because of this horrific disease. Somedays are harder than others to keep positive and continue with the advocacy but I know I must, because it’s in my heart and soul to see impactful changes.
This resonates so strongly with me, Tim. I’m not nearly as seasoned in this space as you are although my advocacy journey started “officially” in 2022 with my first (virtual) Call on Congress. I can only hope to have the impact you do on others and you are right, the losses are getting more profound. I keep thinking about what they would say…keep going, keep fighting. And I will. 💙💙