Along the way we met many incredible people. I walked with a man for a few miles whose wife had passed away from breast cancer. He took the life insurance money he had received and entered each 3day walk in each state. He hit 600 miles on the day I met him...talk about a love story. He had a picture of his wife pinned to book bag. I told him about seeing the 3 day walk going through the Coliseum in Rome, Italy and how it was the first time I had seen the walk in action..he paused a second and then said: "I think I may have found my next adventure!" How amazing is that?
They say that the 3 day walk is life-changing...I think that it was life-changing in the fact that it taught me I'm whole lot tougher than I ever thought. One sign that stuck with me throughout the walk was one that said: "Blisters don't require Chemo!" Ain't that the damn truth. After visiting the Chemo ward with my mother countless times...I'd walk a million miles so that no one had to see the inside of that room again.
We were in such pain by the end of it all....we thought we would be dead last walking through the gates...we ended up being 150 out of about 2500 that finished...not too bad!! We were really proud of ourselves and I'm so lucky to have friends that would be by my side throughout this incredible experience!
I was elected fashion designer of the team...take a look at our get-ups :)
My brother smoking his electronic cigarette in the pink tent...hahaha!!
1 comments:
Congratulations to all of you! It's a wonderful thing to do.
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