I have been working with Team In Training Heroes for nearly 5 years. Early on I met Jessi Gay a teenager with leukemia. She was so sweet, I could relate to her more than I could the real young kids. You know kids; they just run around like nothing is wrong even though they know adults are treating them different. Only adults know the true nature of the path ahead.  It is so strange to see them at such a young age, not knowing that going to the hospital, getting treatments that make them feel sick, is just a normal thing. Loving them with unrelenting compassion is natural.

Jessi is different because she directly communicates to us just how important it is to do what we do. She is able to thank us like no scientist can for supporting their research, like no family member can for caring for their child or loved one. And she did, she did thank us in a way that only a patient can. And she still does.

Jessi's sister Kelly, is giving the mission speech this weekend at the Dave Scott Triathlon in Texas. She gets to share her sisters feelings about TnT, about being a teenager with cancer and she gets to brag about her sister, the way only a sister can.

Kelly you are awesome and Jessi is a Real Hero a Real Fighter, through you and through all of us.

Thanks for letting me post your speech.

Kelly 's mission speech to Team In Training Participants at the Dave Scott Triathlon in Texas.