My friend TJ lives in Atlanta and I got a call from him yesterday. He wanted to get an MP3 of my song “Ride Of Your Life” to play for Margaret. Margaret is a swim coach and was just diagnosed with breast cancer. The doctor’s originally thought it was Stage 2 but they just announced it is actually Stage 4. Anyone who reads this please keep Margaret and her family in your thoughts and prayers.

Sylvie Fortin, a breast cancer survivor has a website dedicated to helping people like Margaret. It’s called BreatCancerVictory.com. Her husband, Michel Fortin wrote a great blog post you might want to read about my visit with him in Ottawa when I played Winterlude with Randy Bachman. He shared a bit of what it’s like to support his wife during the critical times.

I don’t know Margaret personally, but in my few years as Honourary Entertainment Chair of the Canadian Cancer Society, I have met far too many Margaret’s. The good news is that there are survivors like Sylvie Fortin providing inspiration, and prayer chains behind the scenes. It’s long ride, the ride of your life.