A Career in Cancer

It's strange to say, but I spend my days surrounded by cancer, by choice.  From my job with NOCC, to movies like Dear John and My Sister's Keeper on my TV, to the ticking time bomb that sleeps in the bed beside me.  Today the world lost one of its great fighters to this deadly disease.  Wilson Holloway, a former basketball and football standout at Oklahoma Christian School and football player at Tulsa, died Wednesday from complications of Hodgkin's lymphoma. He was 22.  Though we never met him, he was an inspiration to others fighting this disease every day, and he always remembered to smile. 
http://www.newsok.com/former-ocs-tulsa-football-standout-wilson-holloway-dies/article/3541427?custom_click=lead_story_title

On a brighter note, I am very excited to report that the books that were donated by our wonderful friends and family members will be delivered to their new home tomorrow at the Reston Hospital Infusion Center.  This is what the back of my jeep looks like right now.  

In total, the hospital will be receiving a little of 600 books .....

We cannot thank everyone enough for your generous donation and we look forward to sharing more pictures once they are on their new bookshelves in the Center.

And we should also say thank you for all of the magazines that were donated as well.  They have been at the hospital since the start of the new year.

And of course, I would never deprive my local readers of pictures of  Mr. Winston, who had a full day today of an allergy shot and a trip to Petco.  He is of course exhausted because despite popular belief, he has a tough life!!

Tough Life if your definition is sleeping in late, eating cookies for breakfast, insisting everyone you meet scratches your ass, and having someone else pick up your shit!!!

Until next time .....

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