Chris was diagnosed at age 15 with T cell lymphoblastic lymphoma....that much is true...however....

Cancer did not define who Chris was and always will be to those that love him,

Chris, taught us what strength and courage and dignity is all about, not once did he ever complain throughout his entire battle (5 years) with the beast of cancer..... he also survived an unrelated bone marrow transplant which gave us more time with him, thankyou to his donor and all blood and bone marrow donors, you truly are special!

He showed us all that we have nothing to complain about, nothing to whine about, and what it takes to just live day to day....

Mom created the CaringBridge journal almost 5 years ago and Chris being the quiet person he was did not complain that mom was telling his story to the world....
CaringBridge enabled Chris to help so many other families with children fighting the beast, but he pretended that he never read moms posts...

Chris touched so many people, over 300 people attended his funeral, many we never even met...
Chris inspired a teacher at his school so much, even though he never really got a chance to go to highschool...that she, has made a reward in Christopher's name for a deserving student that has struggled with things. A reward given out once a year to a deserving student, money to carry on with their education...
Now 3 years later I have created a group also on facebook to raise awareness about child and teen cancer...Gold Ribbon Campaign for Child and Teen Cancer Awareness, also with another bereaved parent we've created another group to recruit admins/creators of any Child./Teen cancer sites to join us in an attempt to bring global awareness, hoping to hold events worldwide during the first week in September...too ambitious, I don't think so...together we will be strong and be heard, just like our warrior children. Remember, September is Child and Teen Cancer Awareness Month...honour our Fighters, our Angels and our survivors, by wearing a Gold Ribbon in September...

The Typically Canadian Group is riding with Chris and all of the children and teens who battle cancer...

Who are you riding with?