Gratitude 10 is here again, marking our sixth year of fundraising for Brain Cancer Research at St. Michael’s Hospital.
This fundraising has taken many forms, from a simple email telling my cancer story in 2017, to live festivals filled with music and art in 2018 & 2019, a corporate campaign in 2020 by Credit Suisse in my honour, and finally a virtual concert and online auction with Hawksley Workman last year. To date, we have raised over $400,000, contributing significantly to glioma research. Glioma is an incurable form of brain cancer. As you know, this is a personal cause for me, since I was diagnosed with a brain tumour on November 10, 2015. I underwent an awake craniotomy in 2016, which removed part of the tumour and showed that what remains is malignant. Since then, I have had radiation and chemotherapy. Gratitude 10 was born from these experiences and my ongoing commitment to raising awareness and funds for those of us living with glioma. For all of your ongoing commitment and generosity, I am deeply grateful.
I try to mark November 10, and every day, not as a day of sadness or longing for what could have been, but a day of movement, energy, joy and gratitude. This past year has been a difficult one, with health challenges for me, so Gratitude 10 Festival will look a little different for 2022. I am sharing my joy and gratitude with you by offering two ways for us to connect.
Listen to me share my story on The Afterglow Podcast, Season 3, Episode 2
https://www.theafterglowpodcast.ca/ On Spotify, iTunes, Google Podcasts, and Castbox
Gather with family and friends to dance along to this Gratitude 10 Essential Songs of 2022 playlist from the comfort of your own space.
Many of these songs were listened to by my neurosurgeon, Dr. Das, and me during my awake craniotomy. Dr. Das’ only request was to be able to listen to it first and no heavy metal! Perhaps a risky request on my part, but it felt like a necessary contribution.
1. Breathing Underwater by Metric
2. In A World Possessed By The Human Mind by The Tragically Hip
3. Lost Together by Blue Rodeo
4. Welcome to New York by Taylor Swift
5. Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes
6. I Follow Rivers by Lykke Li
7. Heartbeats Accelerating cover by Coeur De Pirate
8. Purpose by Justin Bieber
9. Safe and Sound by Hawksley Workman
10. Twentytwofourteen by The Album Leaf
I am missing this community very much and look forward to creating more joy together in the future. Until then, if you have the means, I ask you to consider making a donation to the Gratitude 10 2022 campaign in support of brain cancer research at St. Michael’s Hospital. Together we can find a cure.
With much gratitude always,
Jane
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