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be the match, bone marrow donor, cancer, celebrate, family, love, relay for life, thankful thursday
i am going to do this entry a little different because i want to talk about one thing in particular…
i am thankful that i have the privilege of honoring my sister krystle in ways that i know would bring joy to her heart. krystle was very passionate about the national bone marrow registry, as known as, be the match.
when she was first diagnosed she needed a life saving bone marrow donor… but because we are half filipino and half mexican, the chances of her finding a match were one in a million. there was no existing match on the registry so our family rallied together and set out to find that match. with the help of the sweet folks at the be the match group at city of hope, we hosted drives all over california at places like the dream center, aniche boutique, and a couple in las vegas thanks to my aunty denise who herself is a survivor! it was beautiful to see how many people got involved and how much joy it brought krystle to know that and see how many people truly cared. from the different drives we hosted i believe either 5 or 6 people found their life saving bone marrow match… krystle’s sweet life lives on.
now i have the honor of giving back to the folks at be the match and honor krystle at the same time. me and a sweet group of friends are running the oc half marathon and we joined the team at be the match to honor and raise funds for those who are looking for a match.
the second thing we’re doing is the relay for life!!
i have to keep reminding myself to celebrate life! i get so sad sometimes because i miss her so bad.. i don’t want to do much either at times, but i know that’s not what she would want.
so we celebrate! and we honor her!