Atlanta or Bust
Pun intended.
Last Saturday Kristen met a young woman and her son while walking. The woman was wearing A Race for the Cure T-shirt. It turns out she is a survivor and had participated in and completed the race. Kristen told her that she would be doing the Atlanta 3-Day. Kristen then became the recipient of a big hug. My sister and I experience a similar situation in a restaurant in Atlanta. A woman spied Jean’s T-shirt from last year’s walk; left her table to thank Jean and to give both of us a hug. Her name is Marcy and you’ll find her name on our blog on the “In Honor” of section. Then there was the young man I met at Sweet Sixteenth who was mention in an earlier post. His name is Manuel and he became one of our donors in honor of his sister-in-law, Nancy. Her name is on our blog as well. These encounters speak not only to the kindnesses of strangers but also to how pervasive this wretched disease is.
One of my favorite T-shirts that I saw at the 2008 Breast Cancer Expo in July was, “Big or Small Let’s Save Them All.” Amen.
Some sad news for the Four Women Walk gang—Lynn will not be able to walk with us. She has injured one of her knees and is going to be sidelined. She will, however, be invaluable to the three of us who are still planning to walk since she will be driving us to and from the 3-Day site. And knowing Lynn, she will make sure we get plenty of good things to eat. Lynn is an incredible cook and we always look forward to her delicious treats. We remain the Four Women Walk.
As promised, we had a drawing for the three gift certificates. Drum roll please. Meg Sherrill and Claudia Schenck each won a visit to Sweet Sixteenth and Maggie Walker will be enjoying brunch at Sky Blue. Congrats to the three.
Well, this is THE week, and many thanks to all for making it possible for us to take this journey. We love and appreciate all of you for what you have done. Kristen and I will leave Thursday morning to join Jean and Lynn in Atlanta and be ready to roll early Friday morning. Unfortunately, the weather forecast isn’t good for Friday—temperatures in the mid 50s with rain. I promise not to complain (too much) since my friend and former coworker, Christi Goins, did the walk a few years ago and it rained on her for two days. Christi is a trooper so I’m sure she did all 60 miles with a smile. We’ll keep you posted.
Thanks again for all of your support.
Ta, ta for now,
Peggy