Remembering a Canadian hero

While driving through eastern Canada one will notice many memorials to a courageous young man, Terrance Stanley Fox. I'm guessing most of us are familiar with this amazing Canadian? After losing his right leg to bone cancer in 1977, and while in remission, Terry decided to continue fighting the disease, raising awareness and money for cancer research by running across Canada. A 5300 mile/8530 km journey, running 26 miles every day, for 143 continuous days. Sadly, once Terry reached the Thunder Bay area, having ran a total of 3339 miles, his cancer had returned, forcing him to stop his Marathon of Hope, and return home for treatment. On June 28th, 1981 Terry lost his battle, but the spirit of him lives on around the world. To date over $650 million has been raised worldwide for cancer research in Terry's name. We stopped at the Thunder Bay memorial to pay tribute to Terry and all of those who have been affected by this disease. It was a pretty emotional stop for both of us. Let's hope a future without cancer is around the corner.

A man was playing bag pipes as we approached the memorial. Lump in throat time.

This quote was on the Ottawa memorial. Small or big, we should all strive for this.