Day 6 Van: #2
Day 6 Cast of Characters (from L to R): Jen, your humble blogger, Theresa, Jim and Julie. Not pictured, Meg & Dan.
Today was a an easy day. A day to spin easily down the Florida A1A highway. A day to converse easily with my teammates. A day to laugh easily during lunch at a ocenfront cafe. It was a nice way to recover from yesterday's 100 mile ride. The only adventure we had was another flat tire from Jim. But he quickly took care of that and we were on our way again.
Today I rode for two young men who lost their lives to cancer way too soon:
This young man is Henry Burneson. He was diagnosed with leukemia in January 2015. We had the pleasure of meeting him and his parents for breakfast this past April. Unfortunately, Henry lost his battle in October 2015. To honor Henry's memory, his father Eric is a member of this year's Key-To-Keys team. In fact, I have had the pleasure of riding with Eric several times including the 100 mile day. We credited Henry with providing a tailwind to boost us along the last 30 miles of the century ride. May God bless and cradle Henry in his loving arms.
This young man is Will Kelley with his mother, Joan. Will was diagnosed with leukemia in June of 2009. Though he fought hard for almost a year, he lost his battle on May 21, 2010. God bless you Will and your family.
People ask me all they time, Why? Why do you do this? I do this in the hopes that one day, parents won't have to experience what Henry's parents and Will parents went through. No parent should EVER have to bury a child. If me riding my bike or running a pool to raise money will help find a cure for cancer so this scene will never take place in another household, then I'm ALL IN!
Tomorrow finds us riding to Key Largo. We can see the finish line!
Gary
(G-Love)
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