Daniel Strong and Dawn Wonder Woman
Daniel Bobby Blanchard: JUNE 19, 1974 – SEPTEMBER 22, 2019 Cynthia Dawn Clevenger: February 21, 1974 - January 26, 2022 These two were the embodiment of courage. When Daniel was diagnosed with Mesothelioma he asked the doctor, “What do I do?” The doctor said “live”. Daniel became a marathon runner. He lived with power, and grace. His motto was “Live Life Forward”. Our Cynthia Dawn was our Wonder Woman. So many times she was given bad news, and she faced it with courage and strength. She lived 27 years with autoimmune disease no doctor could really pin a name to. Our family loved to laugh and even in some of her toughest hospital stays we’d all be together cracking jokes. I learned from both of them you don’t know what you can do until you have no other choice but step up and do it. We lost Daniel in 2019 and Dawn this year, 2022. I shouldn’t say lost because they are with us every moment of the day. I don’t know how to do this grief journey. It is a roller coaster, yet I’m doing it. I