We did it!!!~

We did it!!!  My daughter and I just completed our first 5K Susan G. Komen - Race for the Cure!  What a blast!  I don’t think I’ve ever seen that many people in my life!  People from every walk of life!  Young,younger, old, older, wealthy, middle class, and ME!  Me!!! 

We took the Light Rail to the Race since we knew parking would be impossible!  AND I saw on the news they were closing Speer and I don’t know any other way to get to the Pepsi Center!  Yes, I’m an idiot!  My friend keeps reminding me they do make maps for people like me!  I’m just waiting for him to remind me they now make navagation systems too!  Anyway, the Light Rail worked well!  We got there in time to take some pictures, attach our “In Memory” and “In Celebration” bibs and then try to find a place in line. I have never in my life seen that many people, seriously!  As far as the eye could see up the road were white, pink and blue shirts!  Miles and miles of people! 

We positioned ourselves on the street, the high school cheerleaders were on the side lines cheering us on - after 4 steps you could hear one girl yell, “You’re doing great!”  I looked over at this lady who was walking next to me and said, “We just started, we better look great!”

The lady was walking with her father.  They were walking in memory of her Mother and her father’s wife.  The sweetest people you ever wanted to meet.  We kept up with him and his daughter.  Actually, they had the entire family along, cousins, aunts, sisters, uncles, kids!  It was beautiful.  There was a group of women caring a flag pole with a Race for the Cure hat from last year on it.  Underneath the hat was a picture of a beautiful young woman wearing that same hat.  She walked last year.  Today, they joined together to walk in her memory.  I cried. 

It was hard to keep the tears away.  I thought of my friend and her three children and husband.  I thought of how she fought so hard until the final end.  I thought of my sweet little Grandma and how she wanted to live.  Cancer is such an ugly disease!  It’s evil! 

I also walked in celebration of my good friend, Wanda, my adopted Mom.  She had her surgery in August and is still in treatment.  I’m praying for her and she’s fighting the good fight!  Another brave solider in the war against Breast Cancer.

Today, I did something I could have never done before.  I did it for my Grandma, I did it for my friend, Sandra, I did it for my sweet Wanda!  AND I did it for me.

Thank you Lap Band!

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October 5, 2008 | Filed Under Fun Stuff, Milestones & NSV's

 

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4 Responses to “We did it!!!~”

  1. Mellie on October 7th, 2008 6:53 am

    Hurray! That is great! Sounded like you had a blast!

    Love, Mellie

  2. dee on October 8th, 2008 8:24 am

    We did! WE High 5′d when we reached the finish line! My daughter said she had always wanted to do this 5K. I’m happy - we were able to do it together!

  3. Mellie on October 8th, 2008 9:40 am

    It is great to share special times with family! We are enjoying the BF right now!

  4. dee on October 8th, 2008 8:57 pm

    What BF are you all enjoying?

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