Query

By Harrison 

            If you work hard, it will feel better when you are done. Alex Scott was diagnosed with a type of childhood cancer shortly before her first birthday. The doctors later informed her parents that if she beat the cancer, it was unlikely that she would ever walk again. By Alex’s second birthday, she was beginning to crawl around and stand with the help of leg braces. Not too long after her fourth birthday, where it looked as if she were beating the odds, she learned that her tumors were growing back. One time when Alex was with her mother, Liz, she said, “When I get out of the hospital I want to have a lemonade stand.” She said she wanted to give the money to the doctors so they could “help other kids, like they helped me.” She stayed true to her word and worked hard to raise an amazing $2,000 for the hospital.

            Word got out that a cancer-diagnosed child was raising money to help other children like her. All around the world, people helped raise money to help Alex with her goal. In August 2004, Alex passed away at the age of 8, but not before raising over $1 million to help find a cure for childhood cancer. Around the world, people continue the legacy of Alex’s Lemonade Stand. What you work hard to do doesn’t always have to be something complex. Sometimes it can be as simple as having a lemonade stand.

This week’s query is: How can you work hard, while staying simple?