Amy Mareck "The Fight"

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=65 BGCOLOR="#666699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="04e00840erlcjm.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Amy Mareck "The Fight"</B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mark Felling.com Dont let life pass you"><B>home</B></A></div> <div> back to<B>  </B><A HREF="caringbridge.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Caring Bridge Archive"><B>Caring Bridge Archive</B></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=150 BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" TEXT="#080000" background="04811c00egdysm.png"> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id426.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Darlenes Journal Posts">Darlene's Journal Posts</A></div> <div> <A HREF="id422.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Guestbook Responses">Guestbook Responses</A></div> <div> <B>Amy Mareck "The Fight"</B></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=415 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="5" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="816" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 82 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://www.broadenedhorizons.com" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.broadenedhorizons.com"><B><IMG SRC="961dd4b0.png" border=0 width="221" height="75" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="94"><div> <A HREF="http://www.BroadenedHorizons.com" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.BroadenedHorizons.com"><B>"Innovative Solutions for the Mobility Impaired"</B></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="467"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="82" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="467" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <B>Dec. 2, 2004</B>: A wonderful girl, Amy Mareck from Albany, my hometown, passed away Monday after a five-year battle with osteosarcoma.  With unbelievable result,she remained positive up until the end.  I would like to share with you a poem she wrote and is published on <A HREF="http://www3.caringbridge.org/page/amymareck/index.htm" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www3.caringbridge.org/page/amymar">her CaringBridge web site</A>.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> -Mark</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="10" WIDTH="749" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 511 ><NOBR><div> <B>The Fight</B></div> <bR> <div> I woke up in the morning to the brightness of the sun</div> <div> But by night fall I was hit with words that seemed to weigh a ton</div> <bR> <div> I had gone to the doctor’s office to see what was wrong</div> <div> By the end of the stay I had to be 10 times as strong</div> <bR> <div> The doctor seemed to be talking with words that made no sense</div> <div> He said I had cancer, which made my muscles tense</div> <bR> <div> But how could that be when I’m just a “normal” kid</div> <div> The doctor reassured me it was nothing I did</div> <bR> <div> The light at the end of the tunnel seems to be far</div> <div> But I have to put that behind me and look for the distant star</div> <bR> <div> The times are rough, I can guarantee you that</div> <div> I was put to the test in one on one combat</div> <bR> <div> There are times when I’m frustrated, and things I don’t understand</div> <div> But I know what I need to do, to stay in command</div> <bR> <div> The doctors and nurses said they’re not giving up on me</div> <div> Until they hear the words, You’re cancer free</div> <bR> <div> The star in the distance has not yet arrived </div> <div> The day will come when I can say I survived</div> <bR> <div> <B>- Amy Mareck</B></div> <div> <B>7/13/03</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><bR> <div> In Memory of</div> <div> <IMG SRC="88d91f60.png" border=0 width="145" height="246" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> AMY MARIE MARECK</div> <div> October 29, 1985 - November 29, 2004</div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>