Did You Ever Think Life Was Gonna Be This Way?

If you're friends with me on Facebook - or in real life! - then you know that I spent last week in Washington, DC with FightCRC, an advocacy group that works to raise awareness, increase screenings, and raise funds for colorectal cancer research. I joined the group last fall, when they generously allowed me to become one of their research advocates (RATS), and I've been in love with them and the work that they do ever since; I'm truly honored to be a part of the organization. Beauty This year, I attended FightCRC's tenth annual Call on Congress event, where survivors, caregivers, loved ones, and activists get together for training and then take to Capitol Hill for a day of meetings with Congressional representatives, urging them to pass bills and support government funding that goes towards age-appropriate screening efforts as well as research and development efforts that help create more treatment options for patients and that will, someday, make this dreadful cancer h