Garth Brooks has performed thousands of shows, but his Friday night concert in Minneapolis is one he’ll surely remember as one of his best ever. A woman battling breast cancer will certainly remember it as her finest concert.
Sometimes you run across a story that just tears at your heart. This is one of those stories. It's a bit like a roller coaster ride; it's happy and sad at the same time. I just had to share though because the message is so incredibly strong. A girl diagnosed with terminal brain cancer will be able to fulfill her dying wish of playing in a college basketball game.
As I'm reading news stories online I found one, in particular, that really just floored me. A student at a Colorado elementary school shaved her head to show support for a friend going through cancer. When showing up to school with her freshly shaved head, she was told she would not be allowed back without a wig or until her hair grew back. What?
12-year old Caitlyn Jackson lost her battle with cancer over the weekend. As if that isn't tragic enough, the little girl's school decided to add insult to the pain when it banned wearing t-shirts that memorialized their classmate.
One Night Rodeo (ONR), The Next GAC Star winner is a contemporary country sounding band that is from Bradenton, FL. ONR is made up of Cory Hildreth on lead vocals, keys, guitar, and mandolin while Duane Allison plays bass guitar and covers vocals too. For the most part Cory and Duane have 13 years and over 2,000 performances under their belt.ONR has opened for some heavyweights like Rascal Flatts,
Dawn Sears of the Grammy-nominated band the Time Jumpers has been diagnosed with Stage 3B lung cancer and is currently undergoing treatment in Nashville.
Relay for Life is coming up next month so it's time to get your team together and start raising money for the American Cancer Society. This is an incredible event that I was a part of, for the first time, last year. I plan on making the 'survivor' lap again this year.