So what did you do on Wednesday night? Oh, nothing much. Just chilled and talked cricket with Australias cricket captain Steve Smith ... the usual Haha I got to meet and watch the entire Sydney Sixers game with him! It was awesome! Hes a great guy - hes getting on board as an ambassador for the Sony Foundation YouCan movement - getting youth cancer the attention it so desperately needs in Australia. He talked about cricket (he was still, despite not playing that game, pointing around, setting field placements in his mind - a great tactician!) and also about #PhillipHughes (a cricketer who passed away from a ball hitting his head recently). He was just talking about a teammate whod been concussed by a ball a few weeks back when he got the call that Phillip Hughes had fallen. He was tearing up as he talked about it... its not put on. They really care... We talked about my journey through cancer and how Id never even seen another patient until 6 months into my treatment, and only met someone my age after I started writing to help other patients out a year and a bit ago and he was astounded. But thats life for many young cancer patients now... and he and his partner really seemed to care. It was so awesome! He signed my shirt haha (never washing it again loll) and we got to have a 2 hour chat as we watched the cricket which was awesome!
Posted on: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 07:20:21 +0000