The Boston Marathon

              April 1st and 2-3 inches of heavy icy snow fell here. But in 15 days redcoats will again fire on the Lexington Battle Green.

              Later that day, our oldest daughter, R’el, will run in the Boston Marathon (yes, the Boston!) to raise funds for leukemia research through the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS), in memory of our son David. It’s been over a year and a half since David died and this is our family’s way of remembering him in a productive way. Our son, Matt, ran last year and we hope to make it an annual tradition. All of us have either walked or run a marathon or a half. (I've walked in North Carolina, New Paltz, NY, Danville, PA (my birthplace!), and an unofficial 13.1 mile walk from Kendall Square in Cambridge to Lexington.)

              Even when his chances of survival were ‘infinitesimal’ (in the exact words of his doctor), David continued to join clinical trials, with their painful bone marrow biopsies, to help further cancer research.

              Take a look at R’els LLS page and the sweet video slideshow David’s younger sister, Annie, has posted:

http://pages.teamintraining.org/vtnt/boston17/rrodriguez 

              Any amount would be greatly appreciated.