day six of twelve

It’s funny how people come and go in your life and reappear when you least expect it. I’ve known Jade since I was in middle school and throughout the years our paths have crossed here and there. Originally I came to know Jade from the pop band No Authority. When I was in middle school I spent every waking hour on the No Authority (.NET) message board where she and I shared the same passion for music. Throughout the years we’ve grown as people and our love for the music business has become more than just a passion, it’s become our jobs.

For the past four years I’ve been working on music and marketing tours traveling the country and spending too much time on busses, planes, and trains. Recently Jade contacted me about blogging from the road on the Warped Tour and I jumped at the opportunity to work with The One Love. I became interested in Non Profit work when I was hired as the Take Action! Area assistant on the Vans Warped Tour in 2006. Since then I’ve gone on to do four tours dedicated to specific Non Profits and I’m looking forward to representing Boarding For Breast Cancer through this medium.

My grandfather passed away a couple of months ago -- he was a World War II Veteran, survivor of Colon Cancer, and Breast Cancer and a die hard Red Sox fan. I remember spending my early childhood years at his bedside in hospitals all over New Hampshire and Massachusetts. My immediate family was very small and consisted of my parents, twin brother, grandfather and grandmother and everything regarding his health

was kept pretty hush-hush from the “twins”. Apparently he was told by doctors that if he lived ten more years he’d be lucky… I got to spend twenty three years with him and I thank god everyday for that gift.

By the time I was eight my grandfather went into remission and was declared cancer free. His doctor told my mother that the only reason this happened was because of the love he had for my brother and myself and his hopes to see us grow up. This is the reason I chose Boarding For Breast Cancer as my organization. I believe in education and awareness for Breast Cancer (as well as any Cancer) and live with the hope of a cure.

RIP Norman Goodrow