I just read this New York Times obituary on the life of Gabriele Anderson Grunewald, who passed away at age 32 after battling several cancers for the past 10 years. She was an elite runner who never stopped training to qualify for the Olympics, even while undergoing multiple surgeries and chemotherapy regimens. While reading her story, I realized that she was the perfect embodiment of the spirit that Stuart Scott wrote about as he approached the end of his long struggle with cancer: “When you die, it does not mean that you lose to cancer. “You beat cancer by how you live, why you live, and in the manner in which you live.” Gabriele beat cancer. I hope her story inspires you to live more fully and to beat cancer, either literally or metaphorically.
Gabriele Grunewald was an inspiration for everyone living with cancer
