It was a crisp morning October 11th,
2008 when my family and I entered the parking lot of WakeMed Soccer Park in
Cary, NC for the annual Cary Walk For Hope to benefit the LUNGevity
Foundation. My two-year-old nephew Jeffrey sat in his car seat between my
sister and I in the back. Justin drove while my father rode as front
passenger. All five of us wore matching yellow shirts reading the team name,
Justin’s Fight Club on our backs and white rubber bracelets on our
wrists. Jeffrey played with one of the bracelets etched with his father’s
team name and a slogan reading “Kickin’ Cancer’s Butt”. Signs for
the event lined the edge of the pavement pointing us in the right direction.
It was our first time at a cancer walk and the first of many for Justin
Andrews, my brother-in-law recently diagnosed with Stage IV lung cancer.













