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  • For Emma (Childhood Cancer Awareness)

    09/26/2014 2:00:53 PM PDT · by OddLane · 8 replies
    American Rattlesnake ^ | September 26, 2014 | Gerard Perry
    For those of you who might not know, this is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. September’s color is gold, which is symbolically apt in a number of ways. Most importantly, because it represents something of great and lasting value. Emma Grace Mitchell was just such a treasure, even though she preferred pink and purple herself. Nine days ago, she succumbed to a disease she had heroically fought for nearly half of her life, a life that was marred not only by the disease itself, but by the treatments-and side effects thereof-which sap the health and alter the lives of the patients...