posted by sharlet on Jul 22
On November 11, 2002, Veterans Day my husband died of Lung Cancer at the age of 60. Isabella my granddaughter was nine years old at that time. You know that when something like that happens you are so lost that you can only think about getting though the next day that you don’t think how this affects anyone else. Isabella, who had lost her Poppy, carried on and keep him in her heart until until a couple of years ago when she decided to tell the world about her Poppy. So a couple of years ago she calls me and wants me to fly to Florida, where she lives, to attend a Fund Raiser called Strike Out Cancer. Strike Out Cancer turns out to be a bowling fund raiser for Cancer, now I am in no shape to bowl but it gave me a good excuse to go to Florida and see her and her brother and their Mom. Now it turns out that Isabella and some friends had put the whole thing together with the help of the Cancer Alliance. Great fun was had by all and they raised a lot of money and a prouder Grandmother could not be found anywhere but she wasn’t done! She decides that not enough is being done in her area to raise money for research and to fight Lung Cancer, so her and her friend Melody Saunders take it on themselves to fix that. That brings us to Breathe Deep Tampa which is the first event in the Tampa Bay area to benefit and advocate for Lung Cancer, turns out this event is planned and managed by my Isabella and her friend Melody. They have teamed up with the LUNGevity Foundation to bring you the Breathe Deep Tampa and out two collage students are determined to succeed in their fight against Lung Cancer.
Isabella knows how it feels to lose someone you love to cancer and she is determined to keep some other 9 year old from losing their Poppy, Grandfather, Papaw or whatever they call that special person in their life, Isabella if you could see me now you would see me on my feet giving you a standing ovation.
YOU GO GIRL!!!!
If you are interested in more information on Breathe Deep Tampa, I have added their web site below.
Till next time World, Sharlet
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July 22nd, 2013 at 9:45 pm
A blog! Your pretty amazing. I’m still trying to figure out my IPhone. Ask your grand kids. Dad was so amazing and even though the kids were little he left that type of impression on his grandchildren . You and Dad always taught us
to be fighters and now the grand kids are following:)
Isabella is fighting for lung cancer awareness , research , and hopefully one day a cure!
I am , like you, very proud!!!
July 24th, 2013 at 9:22 am
What a lovely post, Sharlet. I agree, Isabella is a special young lady. You are kinda special too, lady!