Hi all - You'll be getting and update along with everyone else about the Breast Cancer 3-Day walk this past weekend...but I thought I'd give a quick update and send a few photos. It was an amazing experience on every level. At times overwhelmingly emotional - like watching a man and his wife (survivor) holding hands as they walked the last mile together smiling and carrying a flag stating that they walk for their children, or at the opening ceremony when they asked us all to shout out the name of the person(s) we walk for and Kris and I were sobbing so much we couldn't get the word "Mom" out of our mouths. And at times completely ridiculous or silly - like letting every child along the route spray us with water to try to beat the 90+ heat - the giant pink Energizer Bunny that visited camp so we'd keep going and going and going - the volunteer crossing guard dressed as a pirate or the Jug Heads who wore decorated bras on their hats, and carried jugs of water and gatorade for constant replenishment we needed. You've never seen so many positive, helpful, dedicated, and inspiring people in one place in your life. Amazing.
Photos - top down...Mike, Nicholas and Jake among an array of the posters they made and held a cheering stations each day...walkers honoring the survivors in the group by raising a sneaker at the closing ceremony...Kris and I after crossing the finish line...5 of 12 Team TLC members in front of "tent city" 800 pink tents...Teresa (31), friend of work colleagues, diagnosed in November and captain of our team :)
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