we never look.

Each year, in communities all across Canada, families, friends, neighbors and teams from local businesses and national companies come together for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Light The Night Walk events to bring help and hope to people battling blood cancers. This year it took place in Stanley Park.


I was volunteering in the balloon tent, blowing up helium filled balloons of Red, White and Gold. I didn't think it was such a big deal until the event actually started. People would come over to our tent with a ticket indicating how many balloons they wanted and in which colors. This doesn't seem like a big deal either. The surprising thing about this is the unbelievable amount of people who lost those diagnosed with Cancer. The Amount of people supporting. And finally the little who survived. The magical part? You can really tell that those who survived really faced death in the eye and fought it. When you're passing them that balloon, it feels as though you've been touched by an angel; so angelic, happy, and free. They're definitely an inspiration to all of us, to live like we've never lived before and to appreciate life wherever it brings us.

This event truly became beyond amazing when the sun started to set and when the walkers started carrying their illuminated balloons in the darkness of Stanley Park - white for survivors, red for supporters and gold in memory of loved ones lost to cancer - thousands of walkers - men, women, children and even dogs - to form a community of love and care, bringing light, to the dark world of cancer.