a good way to spend a weekend

We spent our Saturday at the American Cancer Society's Relay for life

my life has been more than touched by cancer

CANCER has been a part of my life since my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer when I was 15 years old

my mother went to have a routine baseline mammogram and came back many hours later

CHANGED

our lives were going one direction and then the word

CANCER

altered my families path

my mother spent the next year

FIGHTING

hard

i spent the next year

CONFUSED

&

SCARED

I am at a loss for the words to describe that period in my life so, for now I am going to leave it at that

my mother is a SURVIVOR

in every sense of the word

she is stronger for it

she is braver for it

she is kinder because of it

she is a SURVIVOR

Angelo's Company

had a tent up to raise money for the American Cancer Society

his boss had made these fun marshmellow's shooters

the kids had a blast

Emeline had fun with the duck pond

then the walk

Until we stepped onto the track we were just at a High School Track

the moment we stepped on the track

we could feel that this place had been transformed

the track became a memorial, I believe that when people gather for a cause

the land becomes consecrated to that cause.

The track was lit with luminaries

these are ours

My mothers neighbor

Connie Wiliamson

just passed from breast cancer that ravaged her body

from her brain to her liver

she was a fighter, she fought hard

we remember her

My aunt

BONNIE DAVIS

she is a survivor of Breast Cancer

she fought hard and the cancer lost

My mothers cousins wife

Past this last week from leukaemia

My mother

THANK YOU for SURVIVING

thank you for fighting

you are a SURVIVOR

the track was beautiful when all the luminaries were lit

We are honored to have been a part of this wonderful event