Last night, I attended an honorary potluck dinner for Dieter Mehlig. He is the father of my friend Stefan, who was diagnosed with cancer last April. He has begun chemo and radiation treatments and will continue to due so while Stefan is back in Germany to race Ironman Germany next weekend (along with Bobbi and Yaicha).In order to raise awareness for cancer and start actively fighting the disease, Stefan joined the Lance Armstrong Foundation and will race for Team liveSTRONG; as well as donate his hair since losing your hair is the most visible sign of Chemo treatments and because somebody currently going through Chemo treatment may be able to put the hair to good use.
Both Kristina and I have either raced or mentored for LAF in the past several years as well, so it is certainly close to home. As I watched as everybody made ribbons to place on the liveSTRONG wall that Stef will carry with him on race day, the realization that there are very few lives that are not affected by cancer was evident.
In Honor of my mom, Grandmother, Dieter Mehlig and in Loving Memory of K's aunt Kathy, Uncle Merrill, Opa & Josey and too many more.
Race well Stef and liveSTRONG!
Give @ http://livestrong.org/grassroots2009/smehliglig
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