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Momservation: <\/strong>Don\u2019t wait for death to get eyes that see.<\/p>\n

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Four years ago I wrote a blog about keeping things in perspective; Trump is Not the End of the World.<\/em> This Is.<\/em> <\/a>And let me be clear, the last four years have made me want to recant that statement many times over.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not here to talk politics. I just want to use the tension and division exacerbated and brought front and center into our daily lives as the pinnacle of shame it is and the cautionary tale it should be.<\/p>\n

I am a big believer in walking in the light. Life is too short to hang out in the shadows of negativity. I learned that lesson when I was 12, a horrible, painful lesson to learn while still in the throes of innocence. Anyone else want to have your 6 year-old baby sister, who you shared a room and bed with and told \u201cI love you, Sissy\u201d to each other every night, electrocuted in a bathtub to learn perspective?<\/p>\n

So, yeah, I\u2019ll take your fears for your 401k\u2019s and your conviction for universal healthcare and I\u2019ll raise you.<\/p>\n

Sacrifice a child. Your child. To an incurable disease and watch them be scared and suffer for years but still bravely fight to live, praying that the cure you are so desperately pinning your hopes on to save them isn\u2019t the thing that ultimately kills them.<\/p>\n

Be Talon Bonanno\u2019s parents. Step into their shoes for just one minute and gut-wrenchingly see everything you think is so important and worth fighting over disappear into a cloud of desperation for your child to live and not die from neuroblastoma cancer.\"\"<\/p>\n

You think the last four years have been about politics, but for them it\u2019s been about fighting for survival of their baby boy.<\/p>\n

For me, it\u2019s been like screaming into a hurricane to get people to listen:<\/p>\n

The noise on the news, the fights on social media, the animosity sowed over two colors\u2026IS NOT WHAT MATTERS!<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a 17 year-old boy\u2019s courageous four-year fight to live in the face of long odds. It\u2019s his mother and father\u2019s DAILY pain over those long four years of watching their son suffer but a greater fear of losing him. It\u2019s a sister and brothers\u2019 lives coming to a stand-still so all resources\u2014financial, emotional, spiritual\u2014can be focused on saving their brother.<\/p>\n

I can tell you. Talon Bonanno\u2019s family can tell you. The 400,000+ families who have lost a loved one to a horrible death can tell you: None of the noise you have invested so much of yourself and your identity in matters.<\/p>\n

When it comes down to choosing a side, or a cause, or an issue worth fighting for\u2014it\u2019s a no-brainer.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s always LOVE.<\/p>\n

And when that love is taken from you\u2014whatever physical form it takes: a child, a spouse, a mother, father, sister, brother, grandparent, aunt, uncle, cousin, friend, co-worker, beloved pet or neighbor\u2014you would give Heaven and Earth to stop the pain and have them back.<\/p>\n

That is PERSPECTIVE. And I wouldn\u2019t wish the pain I suffered through, that Talon\u2019s loved ones are suffering through on this day, to gain this perspective on ANYONE.<\/p>\n

So please. To honor Talon\u2019s memory. To honor my sister, Sommar\u2019s memory. To honor the memory of the souls lost to Covid-19, or anyone you\u2019ve loved and lost\u2026please walk away from the noise and come walk in the light.<\/p>\n

Trust me, the load is lighter over here.<\/p>\n

#TalonStrong\u00a0 #RIPTalonBonanno\u00a0 #WalkInTheLight\u00a0 #ChooseLove<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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