Hi and thanks for visiting my page and considering a donation.

Cancer sucks. It's a disease that touches everyone, often striking without rhyme or reason. My family has lost three of its core members far too young: a grandmother I never met, avery close uncle, and my mom. And while I ride to remember them all, I ride especially for my wonderful mom, Marcy Pomerance. She herself actually rode the PMC in 2009, almost a full decade before her 2018 ovarian cancer diagnosis and ensuing four-year fight; a fight that sadly ended in July 2022.

My mom was warm; not outgoing, but someone who loved people and magnetically drew them in with her authentic caring nature. She cherished family and friends, and every interaction from major life events to small everyday gatherings, celebrating them all with a genuineness and vigor that only grew as the hour drew later. The biggest lesson I carry from her was that her greatest sadness was not getting to spend more time with those people, which is what it's really all about. One way I honor that memory is to ride with one of my younger brothers, Justin (check out his page as well). In less than three years from our mom's passing, we have witnessed the births of her first four grandchildren, somehow growing her absence. This makes our children the second straight generation that won't know their paternal grandmother due to the scourge of cancer, and we are sadly far from alone. And while we can't turn back the clock, we can try to end that unhappy streak here, for everyone and, on a personal note, for our family.

So I ride to help Dana Farber's world-class cancer research in the way I can, which is certainly not scientific research (that contribution belongs to my youngest brother, Luc, who is getting his PhD at the Farber), to make sure more people won't have to miss their people.

Thank you for reading, and ride on.