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 By Kaycee Nilson Sept. 14, 2006 You would never in your whole life meet a more energetic man than Jon Imerman. He is the head of Imerman Angels and runs on 5 hours of sleep a night. His days are filled with the charity. Running all over town trying to get fundraisers and donations for the cause. Jon is an inspiration to all those that meet him. He truly cares about people and it shows in his every step and his every word. You feel that you can open up to him because he becomes an instant friend. Jon gave me something that I didn’t have after having cancer; my bubbly self again. It’s been a while since I could hold my head up and say proudly that I did fight and beat Ovarian Cancer. He gave me grace and made me feel beautiful again. He made me want to help others and gave me a voice and strength to come out of the “cancer closet” to become an advocate for helping those with cancer and kids that are on chemotherapy. He helped me to not be ashamed of myself and he helped me to be more outgoing and to be more of my old self. Yes I have Dan, but having Jon as just as a friend has meant so much to me. I want to have that energy and that drive that he has. I want to be a friend to everyone I meet, I want to be able to be admired by people that come into my life. Jon has the qualities that I lack in my life and I so want to learn from him. Every conversation with him is like being in the warm sun and having a cool mountain breeze wash over you. He is such a role model and how he does all he does is a miracle on earth. Earning an MBA while undergoing chemotherapy is admirable. Coming out of testicle cancer and then going into remission but yet keeping his unfailing spirit is a quality that everyone should have. He greets each of the Imerman Angels as if we are old friends and he has known us all his life. In fact he greets everyone he meets that way. He is surrounded by friends that adore him and would do anything for him, in fact he has stretched himself so thin that many of us have offered to step in and help take some of the load off his shoulders for him to be able to rest. For we know that rest even for a cancer patient in remission is important. Dan has noticed a change in me ever since Jon has become a friend to me. He has noticed that I have started to become the woman and mother I was before I developed Ovarian Cancer and that I am starting to care about the world again. To have the man I love notice this means more to me than anything else on this earth. Even my children have noticed a change in me. I’ve been able to bring up energy that I thought was lost to play with them more and to be able to try to play with them more, even though I am supposed to rest as much as I can because of my back. But once that is fixed, nothing will hold me back, except for my bi-polar disorder, and even that is not going to hold me back from living my life again. That is what Jon Imerman has given me. The drive to live again. ------------ About the author: Kaycee Nilson has completed her first novel, "Night Falls on Chicago." The first two chapters can be viewed at http://www.KayceeNilson.com. Besides writing columns for Useless-Knowledge and Speedway Media, Kaycee is currently working on two more novels, "From the Mind of a Vampire", and "I'll Love You Til You Die." If you have enjoyed what you read, or would like to leave Kaycee a message, please visit her message board at http://www.KayceeNilson.com/Board Email: Kaycee@kayceenilson.com Comment on this article here! ------------ All articles are EXCLUSIVE to Useless-Knowledge.com. Please link to this article rather than copying and pasting it onto your site (which would be unauthorized and illegal). |
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