At the start of this new year, I wish you the health and vitality that sustain every endeavor, the joy that brightens your days and the harmony that soothes, the inspiration that opens unexpected paths that create the conditions for renewal, broadens the field of possibilities, the momentum and hope that enable us to move forward, and, let's dream a little...
May peace find its place in our lives, if not in the world.
May this new year bring your plans, dreams, and more to fruition.
Hope is not blind optimism. It is not ignoring the magnitude of the task ahead or the obstacles in our path. It is not standing on the sidelines or dodging the fight.
Hope is that force within us that affirms, despite all evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us if we have the courage to reach for it, work for it, and fight for it.
Barack Obama
"Gold in September" marks a month dedicated to raising awareness of infant and childhood cancer. Despite advances in research, cancer remains the leading cause of death by disease in children over the age of one.