Tag Archives: cancer

Light up the night

There’s something pretty awe-inspiring about seeing hundreds of lighted luminary bags lining a track on a picture-perfect mid-June evening — especially when each of those bags contains the name of a person who has died from cancer or who beat … Continue reading

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Lucky

I hope you don’t mind if I pass along someone else’s story in my blog today. Last night, during a Nobles County Relay for Life committee meeting, our American Cancer Society district communications person read the following story to our … Continue reading

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Getting to know you

A little more than a year ago my mom reconnected with one of her long-lost cousins, thanks to some sleuthing at the Minnesota Historical Society and a bit of online research on my home computer. It started with an obituary … Continue reading

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Join in the fight

Do you know someone who has died of cancer? Do you know a cancer survivor, or someone going through cancer treatments now? If you answered yes to any of those questions, we could sure use your help in the fight … Continue reading

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Celebrating a world with more birthdays

It was in June of 2005 that I was sent to the Nobles County Fairgrounds to cover the annual American Cancer Society Relay for Life event for the Daily Globe. I’d covered relays before in Redwood County, and had first … Continue reading

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