52 Figments :: A Very Special Request
Nearly five years ago, someone I love dearly was diagnosed with Stage Four Hodgkin's Lymphoma and given a 20% chance of survival. Just days after the diagnosis, I sent a letter to everyone on the planet he knew explaining what was going on and asking a favor. I included a blank index card in each letter and asked everyone to send it to him with the message YOU ARE A CANCER SURVIVOR. I felt it was important for him to believe this with all of heart, and that perhaps reading it dozens of times would help him focus on having a life after cancer in the midst of chemo treatments and surgeries.

I mailed those letters in November of 2001. This past spring, he participated in a triathlon.

If you only do one 52 Figments this entire year, please do this one. I will post all postcards on flickr just like all the others, but I will also forward the actual postcards to someone who needs them right now. Her name is Alison, and she needs our support.

7.16.06 :: Create a postcard with the following message: YOU ARE A CANCER SURVIVOR.

[If you like this idea and want to do it on a more regular basis, visit Chemo Angels and become an angel for someone fighting cancer.]