My friend Colleen passed away two weeks ago and I have not had the words to express my sadness over her death. Colleen had CF, and this disease took her away from us. She was only 16. CF is still taking such young lives and it is devastating.
Although Colleen and I were nine years apart, we still connected. We shared the common bond of having this disease wreak havoc on our bodies, day in and day out. Colleen's family and my family met when I was young, at a CF fundraising event in Chicago. They live in Indiana, but would make the drive to Chicago for the CF Foundation's walk-a-thon each year.
