A young son...a brilliant mind...a child of a fellow author/writer has been struck with Leukaemia. Literally struck overnight. He thought he had flu, went home for some parental comfort.
Joshua is the 21-year old son of author, Maxwell Cynn. Max writes speculative fiction, science fiction, and romance. His son has been diagnosed with Acute T-cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia. The cancer has invaded every part of his body: brain; spleen; liver; lymph nodes; and he has a mass in his chest. Joshua has had to suspend his studies while undergoing aggressive chemotherapy and will not be able to graduate this semester. With three-and-a-half years of a 4.0 GPA toward a degree in philosophy, his peers and professors consider him brilliant, as of course, does his father. Joshua would have been the first person in Max's family to graduate college.
I do not have much to offer, but have pledged exposure for other authors on this blog (advertising or interview) and on New Book Blogger (permanent sidebar links to books), and brought Maxwell's book. Others have pledged books, proofreading, critique service, cover creation and so much more. I have come across Max many times during my writing period in Cyberspace and he is a good person. A proud father.
I am happy to spread the word of this wonderful pulling together of the writing community. If you would like to help or even just spread the word, please go to the website and read more. Use the links below to share on Twitter. (copy and paste will work).
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18 Comments:
Oh my goodness. :-( How scary. I'm praying for him right now.
Isn't it dreadful, Jessica? The family will appreciate your prayers, as they need them right now.x
Glynis, thanks so much for posting this blog, you're fab, eden xoxo
Eden, it is for a good cause, no problem! Well done for getting it off the ground. x
So awful! I don't have much to offer either, but I do offer my prayers.
This is a wonderful thing you are doing, Glynis; spreading the word to do what you and others can to help this family!
Ann Best, Author of In the Mirror & Other Memoirs
Such a great post and my heart goes out to them!
Susan, Ann, and Johanna, many thanks for reading. Just by spreading the word is a help, and that is what I am trying to do.
Prayers lifted. You are such a sweetheart. xo
That's horrible. Thanks for helping to spread the word, Lovely G.
Angie, and Talli, it is all I can do. I feel so helpless when it comes to hearing new such as this, as we all do.
Thank you for dropping by today.
I can't imagine the horror this family is experiencing. Thanks so much for helping spread the word. My prayers and healing energies with Joshua.
Nicole, they are appreciated I am sure. Thank you for reading.
Nas, I know you made a lovely comment as it came through my email. Not sure why it didn't show up here. Thank you for reading and visiting.
How sad. And how scary for him to go from being a bright hardworking student to thinking he had the flu to finding out cancer had spread through his body. Thank you for letting me know.
Theresa, it is so sad and thank you for reading. x
I've seen this over at Eden's blog. It's very sad indeed. I can't imagine what the family's going through.
William, it is a tragedy indeed. Yes, Eden has done wonders setting this up.
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