So I write for Odyssey. No surprises there, right?
This means that I get E-Mails about writing, sharing, improvements, yada yada, all about Odyssey. This should also not be a surprise, did you think that we just magically get articles published without any communication?
Anyway, that’s not the point, the point is my train of thought. Now make sure you have your seatbelt buckles and your ticket punched, because sometimes my train of thought goes from the North Pole to Hogwarts and back to reality in three seconds flat, so just bear with me on this one.
Somewhere in my Odyssey communications I learned something very interesting. There are, on average, more Odyssey articles published in one week than there are Police Departments in the U.S. Now given all of the police drama that’s going on in the world I’m sure that last tid bit got some sass. I’m not here to start controversy (because there are good cops and bad cops just like there are good people and bad people, we are all only human) but think about it for a second, all the good that Police Officers do, all the lives they have saved.
Now think about that fact again. There are more Odyssey articles published in one week than there are Police Departments in the states. And that’s only once a week. Imagine after two weeks, or three, that is a heck of a lot of Odyssey articles. We all see them, flooding our Facebook timelines, Twitter accounts and every form of Social Media in between. Odyssey is everywhere. And if Police Departments can do so much good, think about all the good Odyssey articles can do, there are, in fact, more of us than Police Departments.
I am in no way, shape, or form, saying that Odyssey should over run Police Departments, they do their job well and we are just a bunch of people behind keyboards and computer screens, but being behind a computer screen gives us the opportunity to reach the world in a way that police officers cannot.
We, as Odyssey writers, are all over the place, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, the list goes on, we have a voice that can be heard (or rather, read) a voice that can change the world.
Again, my train is probably going crazy right now; hopefully you’re still with me, because I haven’t even gotten to the important part, the real reason why I am writing this article. The reason that being one article out of 12,000 in a week is so important, I am not just writing this as another college student with a blog, but as an author for a website that hosts people from places I may not have heard of, writing this article I can reach people that a simple Facebook post would not have reached, I don’t know if this will work or not, but if I have the chance to save a life, or at least change a life, I am going to give it a shot.
I am currently residing in a small town called Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, you’ve probably never heard of it. In our town there is a young woman named Morgan Yoney, Morgan has Cystic Fibrosis. She is in desperate need of 0+ lungs, her life depends on it. In 2010 Morgan had a double lung and liver transplant, unfortunately in 2013 Morgan went into Chronic Rejection which has permanently scarred and damaged her new lungs to the point that they currently only work at 25%.
The community has been pulling together for Morgan, posting huge signs, billboards, and flyers were ever the eye can see, and this is my part.
This week I am not asking for shares to get my writing out into the world, but to get Morgan’s name out there, to bring attention to the terrible disease Cystic Fibrosis, so that even if Morgan can’t be helped, someone else can be. This is about more than a blog, or an article, this is about a life, a beautiful, precious, amazing life.
For more information follow this link: https://www.facebook.com/morgansarmy
Or this link: https://www.gofundme.com/morgansarmy
