On Sunday, October 19, 2014, I dragged my mom to Clinton Square so I could walk in my first breast cancer survivor fundraiser. The event was Making Strides Against Breast Cancer, put on by the American Cancer Society.
When I got there and saw a field of pink, including a huge pink ribbon made of balloons, pink tents, pink stage, pink shirts, pink hats, gloves, socks, and scarves - I felt like a kid in the candy store. I saw the tent titled "SURVIVOR" and wanted to rush right over there. I had a sense of belonging and knew that a huge percentage of the people I looked at and who looked at me, could relate in a way that others just don't understand.
We registered, mom and I got our faces temporary tattooed, I hit up the survivor tent, Terry and I talked with our local news station, and then, with hundreds of others, we walked the 5k in 38 degree weather.
Things to be grateful for today: Surviving, my mom who walked with me and my emotional reunion with a friend I haven't seen in years.
When I got there and saw a field of pink, including a huge pink ribbon made of balloons, pink tents, pink stage, pink shirts, pink hats, gloves, socks, and scarves - I felt like a kid in the candy store. I saw the tent titled "SURVIVOR" and wanted to rush right over there. I had a sense of belonging and knew that a huge percentage of the people I looked at and who looked at me, could relate in a way that others just don't understand.
We registered, mom and I got our faces temporary tattooed, I hit up the survivor tent, Terry and I talked with our local news station, and then, with hundreds of others, we walked the 5k in 38 degree weather.
Things to be grateful for today: Surviving, my mom who walked with me and my emotional reunion with a friend I haven't seen in years.
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