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“Our reflections rolled and flickered over the flawed old glass of the four long windows, with all the loveliness of Christmas past and for a moment it was as though everything had already happened.  We had loved and died and left no trace.  And what it wanted, what the whole world wanted, was to be made real.”

--Anne Enright, THE FORGOTTEN WALTZ

Run Team Kina

truly an amazing person. nominated for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Woman Of The Year and deservingly so. after raising money through her virtual benefit concert (video above), Kina set another lofty goal of raising $50,000 for a cancer research grant. too ambitious? her group of dedicated runners of RunTeamKina raised $71,886. 

the money she raised will go a long way for any lab needing funds. pilot projects are ideas that just need to get off the ground. once they have enough substantial research, the little idea can grow into a potential new way of looking at the scientific puzzle where interested investigators can fund a larger scale project. 

i was lucky enough to see her perform in NY recently and meet her backstage. she’s back from a world tour and her music is refreshingly original. her lyrics are relatable and you can’t help but imagine the path in life she’s been through. when here mother was Sick in the hospital, her lyrics resonated through to family members sleeping in waiting rooms waiting for love ones;  “somehow my love might make it go”.