When Sara and I rode the PMC cancer fundraiser fifteen years ago, I was petrified: Sara was seven months pregnant. Despite my pleading, however, she would not be talked out of riding, not when it meant fighting back against the cancer she had battled two years earlier, not when it meant helping fund a cure and giving back to those who had provided the treatment that saved her life.

There is no greater testament to how fortunate we are for Sara’s health than the fact that the baby who “rode” the PMC inside Sara fifteen years ago is now riding for real this year. Our daughter Sydney (age 15) is fundraising and will be riding the PMC with us.

Fifteen years ago Sara was a cancer survivor, two years post-treatment. Now she’s a two-time cancer survivor, two years after treatment and surgery for a second cancer. Once again she is cancer-free, which makes us doubly-blessed. We wish the same were true for all of those we care about, but right now two friends are each battling brain cancer. It is our desire and our obligation to help find a cure for them and so many others, and to ride in memory of several people dear to us.

We ask for your support this year once again. The three of us are obligated to raise $4,900 each ($14,700 total), and to do so we need your help. Thank you for your past donations, and thank you in advance for any support you can provide to help find a cure.