Taryn and I met Mark a couple of weeks ago at his place of work, The East Mountain Inn. It was a dreary day with people shaking off umbrellas walking over to check into their rooms, and servers setting up an empty dining room waiting for their dinner guests to arrive.
Mark is the Executive Chef of this popular hotel, and offered to put on his "whites" for our interview and photo shoot.
Mark differs from most of the survivors we have met thus far. He's one of us. He's a child of the 70's, he may not have gone to the gym religiously, he's had a drink or two in his life and he loves animals. He works. He spends time doing what he likes.
Maybe this everyday man mentality provided him the casual strength to make it this far since his diagnosis. Never stopping for too long, you'd think he had just beat the common cold as opposed to one of the most deadly cancers.
Check back for more of Mark's story, or come out to the Cheers to a Cure event in Scranton, Nov. 13th at Whistles. We may host a second event in Philadelphia as well.
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