December 3, 2004
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The Daily News
1 These days of us hustling and bustling, stressing over trivialities and taking each other for granted, you might take a second and think of people who are going through a rough go this season.
2 Last night, we were visited by a dear friend who has a nine-year old boy with a very severe form of brain cancer called medullablastoma. It came on suddenly in April, and the family has bonded, and he is confined to a wheel chair. His name is Spencer, and he's a heckuva kid. He's a soldier in the army that fights this stuff.
3 The family has lots of support, and Spencer is lucid and bright, but confined to a wheel chair.
4 I am not soliciting anything for this brave young man, but it might help if, during this busy season, you drop a few coins to Make-a-Wish Foundation, or any other of the great charitable organizations helping people like little Spencer.
5 I went to an A's game last year, and Spencer got a chance to run the bases after the game. When we got home, we played a little catch, and batted a few grounders, talked some baseball, and had a great time. He didn't care that I was a Giants' fan, and frankly, I got along pretty well with this confirmed A's fan.
6 Great kid.
7 He was in pretty bad shape a few months ago, but I have been told that a lot of prayers by a lot of people have helped this kid come back, and his mom, whose name is Heidi, says that somehow, some way, the prayers have helped tremendously.
8 It's funny; we go through our lives each day, taking everything and everyone for granted, so involved in all the trivialities and details that seem to fritter away our lives, and sometimes we forget that we really should appreciate and love everyone in our lives. This sort of thing puts everything in perspective, and it's time you let people who are meaningful in your lives know that they are meaningful.
9 I think and remember everyone who has meant anything to me, and to my life, and I would like to send out a ton of love to everyone out there.
10 We have a tech for the one-acts tomorrow at noon; come on out if you have the time.
11 But before you do, you might pause somewhere, and give the people near you a hug. You might let them know that you love and appreciate them.
12 Or you might take someone like Sparky home. He insists that we stop each time now, and get out of the truck, and enjoy an occasional rose or two.
13 Go shopping; feel the frost, get into the season, and most of all, remember those you love.
14 Peace.
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I hope that little Spencer recovers and goes on to live a long, full and happy life. He is now in my prayers. I watch these little blurbs about St.Jude and such on the Today show and it makes me cry because I know very well that it could be my child that they are talking about, and I am very lucky that it isn't. See crying even thinkin' about it. Thanks for the reminders to think about those that you love. I think we all get so wrapped up in our own troubles, we forget that there is always someone out there with bigger ones.
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