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Wednesday, January 16, 2008

The Breast Cancer 3 Day Walk

It seems like forever since I have posted anything.  Life has been going good and there hasn't been much to say.  I did walk in the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer 3 Day walk in October in Dallas.  My sweet sister came from Florida to join me in this endeavor.  Dave graciously helped me to train for months in advance of the walk.  When the day finally came, my family dropped us off at Southfork, we loaded our camping gear on the truck and said goodbye.  The tears unexpectedly started flowing.  I couldn't believe I was really doing this considering I had just finished all of my treatments just a few months prior.  But I felt strong and ready to go.  My sister and I were able to walk about 58 of the 60 miles.  We slept in hot pink tents, took showers in a truck, and visited the blue porta potties often.  We were encouraged to drink a  lot of fluids.  Enough said.  It was the most amazing experience for both my sister and I.  We met some wonderful people, heard heart warming stories but my favorite part was all of the people that were cheering us on along the route.  They dressed crazy, played music, danced, held signs and were incredibly encouraging.  My favorite was two women standing on either side of the side walk, clapping and thanking us for walking.  They were both breast cancer survivors.  At the end of the walk we realized how many people that walked were actaully survivors because we all had pink shirts on.  What was more amazing were all of the people that walked because their lives had been touched by this disease.  In all there were about 2,500 walking and 6 million dollars was raised to support breast cancer research.  I am convinced they will find a cure with this kind of support.  Walking in this event was a great way to celebrate surviving.

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