Raising the Funds for Cancer Research

And riding to honor a very special little boy.

I can’t imagine the fear that comes with hearing a doctor tell you your little boy has cancer. I can’t imagine what it’s like to endure the ordeal of watching your son go through the horrors of treatment. I can’t imagine what it’s like to survive the loss of a child. I can’t imagine the strength it takes to face another day.

I can’t imagine it but I know what it looks like because I watched one of my dearest friends live through exactly that with strength, grace, and courage over the course of her son’s all-too-short life.

And I’m honored beyond words that she and her husband have invited me to ride my bike alongside them in their son’s memory, sixty-six miles from Philadelphia to Atlantic City this June, to raise money for the American Cancer Society.

If you know anything about me, you know that I lost my mother to cancer several years ago. You also know that I lost a dear aunt, a woman who was the closest thing to a second mother I’ll ever have, two decades ago. You also know that I recently watched my father go through his own cancer scare.

You also know that I love riding my bike more than most things.

So I can think of no better way to try and raise some money for cancer research than in the saddle of my bike. And luckily, thankfully, I get to do it alongside my friends, riding in memory of their son.

Please, if you are able, donate right here.

Thank you.

- mike v