It's been many weeks since I blogged.  I've enjoyed taking a break and had a great summer.  But September has always felt like a time for new beginnings. So here goes.

It was a sad weekend for me and my family.

My wife, our 10-month old son Dylan and I made 5 hour trek north to my hometown of Sudbury for the funeral of a someone very dear to us. 

Cancer strikes again.

I've just finished reading Kairol Rosenthal's new book "Everything Changes."

This is definitely NOT "Chicken Soup for the Soul."

It's not like any book on cancer I've ever read. 

It's just so dumb.

Cancer is more prevalent today than it has ever been in history.  We're seeing cancer rates increase every year.  God knows we're throwing tons of money toward researching the causes and the cures - new drugs that are more effective with fewer side-effects, incredible processes that trace cancer down to our genes and chromosomes.  We're making progress whether we want to admit it or not.  BUT there's one group that's getting the short end of the stick - Young Adults.

David Servan-Schreiber grew up in Paris.  He became a doctor and scientist at the University of Pittsburgh.  One day, his research subject failed to show up, so he volunteered to have a brain scan as part of the research study he was conducting with his colleagues.  To his surprise,