Day 104: What’s Your Legacy?This is a post I would prefer not to be doing as it is in honour of someone’s life that is now gone, Jackie Audrey Bast.I never met Jackie but I have had the honour of speaking with her son, Dr. Darrin Bast who created this great event in Toronto called Heart & Music. This event has been raising money for Ovarian Cancer Research since 2007 in honour of his mother. It is one families dedication to their mother as she fought her own battle with ovarian cancer up until a few days ago.This families legacy is called The Teal Heart Scholarship Fund and will be the recipient of Day 3 of 10 days of changing the world with $10 a day.Day 104: Give 104This is a story of a family that has left an inspirational legacy in honour of their mother’s life. Leaving a legacy is not something we all think about but something we could all could do.It was one of the reasons I started 365give. To leave a legacy in my life, a “knowing” that I did everything in my power to make the world a better place than when my life began. This is a family that has done just that in honour of their mother.I have taken this excerpt from the Heart & Music website written by Jackie’s daughter:“my Mom, Jackie, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2007 and since then, she has undergone countless treatments, therapies and procedures. The result of all of this medical magic was that my family and I were able to have my Mom with us for another three and half years. In that all too short time, she spent a considerable amount of time in Toronto and as a result became friends with a lot of you. I was also very glad that she was here for the first two instalments of HEART & MUSIC, an evening of entertainment in her honour, the proceeds of which go directly to ovarian cancer research. However, a few months ago, she was admitted to Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto with complications and unfortunately, she never came home again. In the early hours of January 6, 2011, Mom lost the good fight and passed away. I want to use these few moments to thank everyone who supported me and my family throughout this horrible ordeal.”So many of us have been touch by cancer in our lives, either personally or through a relative and or friend. I feel blessed my own mother is a cancer survivor today because of her remarkable Doctor at Princess Margaret Hospital, Dr. Neil Fleshner.$10 may not seem like a lot of money to find the cure to cancer but if we all gave $10 the advancements would be milestones in or future. I have this thought about cancer. If we can cure one kind of cancer whether it be ovarian, prostate or any other of the horrible cancers in our lives we would have cured to them all.Leaving a legacy seems like a daunting task but it doesn’t have to be. It could be as simple as committing to recycling and leaving a legacy to our planet. It coudl be teaching your children to GIVE in their lives so they inspire others. What will your legacy be?If you have a legacy you would like to share send 365give your story. Your inspirational legacy may just be the story another person needs to hear so they go and create their own.Time Commitment: 5 minutes to make a online donationCost: $10.00 Share Article: