>> My name is G-R-A-Y-S-O-N.
>> My name is A-D-A-M.
>> My first name is A-Y-A-N-A.
>> D-A-U-L-T-O-N
>> My name is Liam Marino, L-I-A-M. It was really scary because all this brain cancer
stuff. You can't think bad about it. Just do one day at a time. And when you start,
you see that you're lucky. You're really, really lucky.
I just thought that my summer wasn't going to be as good as it is. But it's awesome.
>> He's a trooper, he is. We use the term rock star a lot. He does, and you know, super
hero is another big word that he gets a lot. You know, we always tell him, "It's OK to
not be happy about a treatment or procedure. You can be scared, but we've got to get this
done so we can get you healthy." And he knows it. He started to say, "I'm here kicking cancer's
butt."
>> They often say that you're supposed to be living every day, day by day. You now,
and now and truly, we're now living our lives day by day, moment to moment.
Every little thing matters. Even when I drop her off at school, that's huge. The fact that
she can go to school and walk away no longer taking anything for granted. We now, truly,
truly appreciate time that we spend together.
>> Our daughter has become my hero. She's certainly helped us to see life in a different
way. We guide her as parents, but she's our guiding light.
>> In the beginning I thought, "Oh this is all gonna pass, it's gonna be fine." But during
treatment, there was a point in time when it was, "Is this what it's gonna be like?
Is this how it's always gonna be?"
But the doctors always said, "You know, this will go away. This does stop. It does get
better."
>> Being the parent of a child with cancer, you just, you're helpless. They're watching
him, but you're his mom and you're gonna be there and do whatever. You know, you're in
there for him for whatever it takes.
>> When I was told my 2-year-old had a tumor on his brain stem, I didn't know if I was
gonna see him graduate preschool, which he did. And I didn't know if I was gonna put
him on a bus for kindergarten. And here we are and we're going to. And I credit all of
that to CHOP. They gave us hope and in a really, really, really bad situation.
>> The one thing that I'm really, really happy to have back is being able to run.
>> He's running around, hopping, skipping, jumping, and miracles happen here.
>> He wants to play baseball in the fall. So you know, he can be a kid again.
>> Now I'm doing great. Going back to my normal life.
>> A lot of love. I've never seen it the way we've seen it now.
The Parkway Run gives a face to childhood cancer.
>> It's given us hope to continue fighting, and surely at one event bringing all this
love and karma together is what we all need.
>> I like it. It's really exciting.
>> Run for Adam.
>> Walk for Daulton.
>> Walk for me.
>> Run for me.
>> Walk for all of us.
>> Run for all of us.