Today is the big fundraiser that our friends Newscoma, Squirrel Queen, Badger, Holly, and Scout are putting on for the amazing StewMan.

I stand amazed at the generosity, love, support, and action these bloggers are taking to help out a friend…

From ‘Coma:

I saw him on Friday and the chemo, although it is making him sick, has helped. He lifted his left arm in front of Squirrel Queen and I on Friday. I was so proud for him and the smile on his face was infectious. You couldn’t help but just laugh because he has only been able to crawl it up his body to use it since last September.

Do we feel powerless about the cancer that our friend is fighting?

Yes.

Are we trying to do what we CAN to help him, things that we have a bit of control over. That’s also a yes.

We can’t make the cancer go away, but we can help him. Cancer treatment is not cheap. He is not working now because every moment is spent getting better. The cancer, my friends, is that bad.

So we are doing what the chairman of our little committee said quite eloquently last month that we “have” to do because it all we can do. And because he would do it for us.

Throughout the day, we will be putting updates about the benefit here. We want to help just a little. Are we fighting our own demons? Probably.

Are we trying to raise a bit of money for a person who has been our mentor, our friend and has lifted us when we could not do the heavy lifting for ourselves?

Yes.

That being said, please go over to Friends of the Stewman and make a bid on one of the incredible silent auction items, buy a t-shirt (’Coma will hand deliver them to Nashville!!!), or make a donation big or small via Paypal…

I promise, it will make you feel good inside…