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The 46/7 Daily Lottery Draw: A Look In The Mirror

6/30/2011

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The 46/7 Daily Lottery Draw: A Look In The Mirror
by Carla FortheCure Hood on Thursday, June 9, 2011

I was trying to think of a way to put this lottery into a perspective that might touch a few more chords. I know I am not the only one to have grown up in the "Romper Room" era - oh how I despised that show; but thinking back on it made me consider something...at the beginning of each show, Miss Whatever-Her-Name-Was would hold up her magic mirror, look in and say:
Look in the mirror
Who do you see?
I see Jimmy
and Susie
and Tommy
and Robbie
and…~the list would go on for a few more names!!

So, we do a fast forward to the here and now:
A new day begins…
Childhood cancer is holding the magic mirror…
The names are random...
Who will Childhood cancer see?
There will be 46 names called…
Names NEW to the list…
Beautiful children, big dreams...
Changed in the blink of an eye!

Occasionally the light in the mirror fades…
Darkness glimmers…
7 names are called…
7 flames flicker one last time…
7 children take their final breath…
7 lives...
7 families…
Forever incomplete!

Look in the mirror...
Welcome to the realization…
The child that you see…
A child you love...
If not already on EITHER list…
COULD BE…
MIGHT BE…
WILL BE…
If we don't ALL step up…
and STOP CHILDHOOD cANCER!!!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This is reality...
it is life shattering...
gut-wrenching...
heartbreaking...
Please be a voice for the children, so they too can have HOPE for a future!!

(Originally Posted June 9/11)
 
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    The majority of all these entries were written by Darrel's father, Stephen.  For those that are not, efforts have been made to give proper credit where it is due.

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