The Race and Cancer impacting families

Oh, I forgot about to update from the race: It was SO much fun! Man, I was SO sore (still am), but it was SO much fun. Such a wonderful and emotional place for me to be... everyone was celebratory.... the energy was amazing! I just had such a blast. I was SO glad I got to participate and cannot wait to do it again next year ~

I looked around at all these survivors..... who are just very brave women...... and was so emotional, because I cannot hope and pray enough for Angela to become a survivor soon enough. Some people wore rememberance items, which was just heart-breaking......

One of my best friend's father's died from cancer.... and I knew it was hard for her, I knew she was sad when it happened..... they knew he was going to pass eventually, and when he did... I tried to be a good friend and tried to be as supporive as I could be..... at that time no one in my family had had cancer, so my heart and head weren't really wrapped around how devastating this disease is for families.

Fastforward several years later, 2 of my family members come down with cancer (one in remission and one in the midst of battle)... and I see how devastated my family is, and just how hopeful we are all trying to be.... I actually now know what she went through... I know now how aweful that must have been for her and her Mother. I wonder know if she still feels as sad now as she did... I know wounds heal, but I think they can change a person and you never REALLY fully heal... I wonder if she changed something about her? I feel like I have changed.... something in me feels different, and so I put on the happy face, the jokes and the laughs..... but I am not really laughing all the time... I guess just a front I put on? I wonder if she does that too?

Anyways..... I just hope and pray that we find a cure sooner rather than later.