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What Life Story Are You Writing Today?
Whether we all realize it or not, we are building our legacy right now. Everything we do contributes to our own life story. And how long our legacy lasts depends on the people we affect today and what we choose to leave behind.
My father realized what a powerful thing a legacy can be. He was famous for TV and film, but wanted to leave behind a legacy of giving. That is why at the dedication of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in 1962, as the doors were opened he said, "I now know why I was born."
Patient Spotlight
Carson Returns to the Playground
Carson loves to play and run like any other child, but at age 3 the once energetic and healthy boy began running high fevers and developed a limp. One day, Carson asked his mother, Debbie, to kiss his legs because they hurt so much.
Debbie took Carson to his pediatrician, and over the next week he saw a number of other doctors, including a bone specialist, an oncologist, and a rheumatologist. “During that whole week, we kept getting sent to more doctors,” Debbie recalls. “I kept getting the feeling it was something more.”
Donor Spotlight In his work, Paul Sobolik helped put Americans on the moon. In his retirement, he helps save children here on earth.
His Priority is Helping Children
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