THON So Hard

Sometimes THON creeps its way into your everyday life in weird, cooky ways, especially when it comes to music.

Whenever Taio Cruz’s Dynamite hits the radio, I immediately sing along, “I throw my diamonds in the air sometimes, sayin ay-oh, FTK-oh.”

Of course, I only do this when I am alone in the car with the windows down, at THON or around other THONers.

Then, just this weekend, I heard a few canners sing “THON So Hard,” while they were outside and listening to another car’s music with the windows down. Of course, they were just changing the lyrics to Jay-Z’s Ni**as in Paris.

Still, these are just two examples of how much THON becomes a part of your life once you catch what a friend of mine, Molly Thomas, calls the THON bug.  I can’t really explain what the THON bug is, but everyone that THONs has it.

But sometimes THON doesn’t creep its way into your everyday life; it demands your attention when one of our own is in dire need of support.

Immediately following my announcement that the blog would take a hiatus from April to September, one of our Four Diamonds families, the Whiteheads, caught the attention of THONers across Penn State.  Emily Whitehead was in the hospital battling her second relapse of leukemia when her parents posted a status on Facebook that wrenched the hearts out of every person who read it.

“Emily may not make it through the night. Please pray her lung function and kidney function improve. Please pray she is not scared and not in pain. Thank you to everyone for your prayers, love and support.”

That was on April 24, and I’m thankful to say that Emily is still fighting and surviving cancer every day of her life.

Emily, and many other children battling cancer, are the reason we THON so hard. 

They are the reason we dance for 46 hours during THON weekend.

They are the reason that THON creeps its way into our everyday life.

THON Countdown: 137 days!