KristineS
08-18-2009, 12:41 PM
I feel like I preach about this subject a little too much sometimes, but I do feel that bloggers can do a lot of good and cause a lot of change if they put their minds to it. I wanted to share just one example with you.
There's a blog called Fat Cyclist, which started out as a blog written by a guy who was a cyclist and felt he was overweight. The blog was really started as a way to chronicle his weight loss journey. As he was writing the blog, his wife was diagnosed with cancer and gradually the blog also became about that.
Fatty's wife (as his blog readers affectionately call him) died recently. In this year alone, readers of his blog have raised over $600,000 for cancer research. One simple blog and one guy who writes well and was willing to share his story has made that much of a difference.
Kind of makes you wonder what the rest of us could do if we tried.
You can find his blog here (http://www.fatcyclist.com/)
There's a blog called Fat Cyclist, which started out as a blog written by a guy who was a cyclist and felt he was overweight. The blog was really started as a way to chronicle his weight loss journey. As he was writing the blog, his wife was diagnosed with cancer and gradually the blog also became about that.
Fatty's wife (as his blog readers affectionately call him) died recently. In this year alone, readers of his blog have raised over $600,000 for cancer research. One simple blog and one guy who writes well and was willing to share his story has made that much of a difference.
Kind of makes you wonder what the rest of us could do if we tried.
You can find his blog here (http://www.fatcyclist.com/)