Devon Still is moved after the tribute by the New England Patriots.
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The article USA Today published about Leah Still is inspired and filled with emotion. The author, Martin Rogers, has experienced losing a newborn baby after only a few days. I can’t imagine what that is like, but I do now feel for him, along with Devon Still and his daughter Leah Still, who is battling cancer.

Although it was a very well written article, I do have some problems with it. In regards to the article being about young Leah Still, I feel Rogers puts too much emphasis on young children. the post Rogers states, “In the cases of those whose small ones don’t make it, the grief is always there, like a heavy and uncomfortable shadow, and one that can turn around and strike you in the gut at any time.” That right there makes me think that he is saying that the grief isn’t there for people like me who recently lost their father to the same cancer that Leah Still is battling. I cried during that game Thursday too; not just because she was a child battling cancer and was being so brave, but because it reminded me of the grief I still had about my father. It doesn’t just affect the ones who lost a child, it affects the people who lost loved ones to cancer also!