Sharing the Love

You don't have to go too far back on this blog to find pictures and stories of how other people ... some cancer survivors themselves, some were not ... found ways to honor me at local cancer events. Candlelit luminarias, my name on their shirt, words written in the sand, golf outing sponsor signs, and so much more. And every single time someone sent me a photo of something like this they've done for me, I reacted in exactly the same way. I broke into tears with overwhelming emotion ... so incredibly humbled that others care and remember.

So this year at the Race for the Cure, I not only walk to celebrate my own 14 months as a survivor ... but it's time to share the love. There are two wonderful women walking their own breast cancer path right now who need a boost. One is finished with chemo and surgery but has a few other things to get through ... the other dealing with some serious fallout from her chemo treatments and recently spent several days in the hospital. So I realized that since I can walk in this year's event and they most likely will not ... they need to be there with me, in spirit.

Tonight I decorated my "celebration tag" for the Race for the Cure, and on Saturday I will pin it to my shirt and walk while wearing their names with pride. As so many have done for me over the past 14 months. Love you ladies, my sisters in the fight. I fight alongside you. I walk for you. You give me strength.