Barking Space

We have reached the end of Movember 2025, and I have to say that I am blown away by everyone’s generosity. As of this post, I have raised $17,125 this year – which brings the overall total over 17 years to $107,283.

I can’t stress enough that it takes a village to do this work – and to commemorate it, I have created a special image.

I thought I would celebrate everyone that donated – so I went through my list of donors from the last 17 years, found photos for each of you (almost – I could only find 713) and then created a 12,000 tile image using AndreaMosaic. The app fills in gaps using duplicates, so some of those 713 images have been repeated up to 20 times to help create the image you see above (if you click on the image, you can try to find yourself).

At our Ar-MO-geddon Movember party last night, I spoke about why I do what I do. I understand what it feels like to be ignored – to feel like I don’t belong. It makes you feel helpless and weak, like your struggle doesn’t really matter. It has taken a toll on my mental health at times, but I also am not afraid to reach out and engage in meaningful dialog with those that I love (and even those that I don’t).

While Movember started out as a way to for me to support those going through prostate cancer and testicular cancer, it is the men’s health aspect that I really resonate with. As someone who has been in the margins, I know ways to connect to folks in similar situations. Even if I was alone, I think I would still choose to be there for people – but because I have such an incredible support network, I feel far more empowered and strong.

I enjoy doing Movember because I feel like it takes my natural philosophy (and want to help others) to a whole other level – and that is amplified by the generosity and kindness of everyone who supports me – year after year.

I am not going to get too specific about the different aspects of Movember – if you are interested, you can check out the site for more information.

I really just want to thank everyone for believing in this cause (and in me).

If you haven’t donated yet but would like to, you can do so here.

Filed under: Announcements, Convos, Friends, General Dialogue, Movember | Tagged: anxiety, Brother, Cancer, depression, Friend, Friends, Health, Life, Love, Memorial, Men's Health, Men's Mental Health, Mental Health, Movember, movember 2025, Prostate Cancer, Remembrance, suicide prevention, testicular cancer |