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Cameron's Legacy

The story of strength and perseverance

The story of strength and perseverance (a complementary blog to Story within a story) “Will you be my best man?”…

Cameron's Legacy

Flying is not the hard part

With today being National Tree Day and tomorrow being Paragon’s 24th Birthday, it is a great time to share a…

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Firestorm

I was open and I was cocky, so now it seems only appropriate that I own up to that cockiness.…

Cameron's Legacy

A Legacy That Holds My Son’s Hand

Lucas is four now. He never knew Cameron. But Cameron is helping shape the kind of person Lucas is becoming…

Cameron's Legacy

43

Today, Cameron would have turned 43. From the very earliest days after his diagnosis, knowing he would have much less…

Cameron's Journey

Story within a story

Introduction When we talked about this piece, Story within a story, our reflections on it were different. We agreed that…

Cameron's Journey

Cameron, we have your results…

How do you live life fully present, intently focused on experiencing every second, when you have been waiting for five…

Cameron's Journey

Adventuring is time consuming – Introducing Webster

Again it has been ages since I have updated my adventures. But it is really hard to document your adventures…

Cameron's Journey

Why Handstands

Scrolling through my social media and messages, there are a lot of photos of handstands. There are photos, not just…

Cameron's Journey

An opportunity to live

Some people, when faced with death, run scared, ignore it, do whatever they can to not think about it. When…

Cameron's Journey

Survive or thrive

This week marks an anniversary that I “should” not have seen. Five years ago, after two sets of brain surgery,…

Cameron's Legacy

Looking to the left

In the beginnings of Paragon, we had a strict format for lining up and bowing at the start of class. …

Cameron's Journey

Cancer and other C words: Part 2 – Choice

Introduction A faded, yellow post-it note, marked with his distinctive scrawl, is stuck to a page in one of Cameron’s diaries.…

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The Day Sensei Cameron Broke The Rules

To fully understand this story, it helps to understand the significance of Sensei Cameron's belt. The Paragon belt should be treated…

Cameron's Legacy

Remembering Cameron

A few months ago, as we prepared to relaunch this blog, with posts about his journey in his own words,…

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Sorry

On the suffering of others (Part 5 of 5). The part of dying that Cam struggled with most was that…

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The wait

“Will the defendant please rise.” I rock forward slowly and look around. Nervously I stand, open and vulnerable. “Foreman, have…

Cameron's Journey

Caitlyn’s Stories: A recipe for Peace

I am in a very lucky position where I get to be involved in many children’s lives. I’d like to…