Why I walk…
At the age of 37 my mother lost her battle with an illness that had ravaged her body for eight long years. I was 8 years old. Two years later my father lost his battle with cancer, I was 11 years old. I walk for every motherless daughter and for every daughter that did not have her father to walk her down the aisle at her wedding.I can’t walk for all the illnesses that plague so many every day, so today I choose to walk for the fight against breast cancer.
My grandmother has battled breast cancer twice in her 91 years and although it was not easy, she emerged on the other side of her battle so much stronger and wearing her scars with pride because she fought the good fight and won. I walk for every child young or old that has had to watch a grandmother endure treatment and surgery and pain and wished that they could somehow make it all go away.
I can’t walk for all the illnesses that plague so many every day, so today I choose to walk for the fight against breast cancer.
The youngest woman I know that was diagnosed with breast cancer was just 25 years old! She was young, in great shape, and had a young daughter at home. She was the first of 5 women that I worked with that was diagnosed with breast cancer! Out of twenty women that worked together, 5 of us were diagnosed with breast cancer. I walk for all the women that I count as friends that have had to battle breast cancer.
I can’t walk for all the illnesses that plague so many every day, so today I choose to walk for the fight against breast cancer.
I walk for all the husbands that have lost a wife, for all the mothers that have lost a child, for all the sisters and brothers that have lost a sibling, for all the girlfriends that will never have another girl’s night or go shopping with her crew. I walk for all the tears that have been shed over the years and for all the lives that have been lost. I walk because to do nothing is unthinkable.
I walk for my sisters; that we never have to feel the loss of one another. I walk for my brother; that he never has to feel the loss of a sister or a wife or a niece. I walk for my nieces and nephews, that they may never feel the loss of a mother or aunt. I walk for my husband; that he never have to feel the loss of a wife, mother, sister, niece. I walk for you and me and every man, woman and child that loves somebody. I walk for hope, for a future, I walk for tomorrow and every day beyond that.
I WALK TODAY BECAUSE TOMORROW I MAY NEED YOU TO WALK FOR ME…
Please support me as I take an amazing journey in the fight to end breast cancer! The Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure™ is a 60-mile walk over the course of three days.
ReplyDeleteI walk for my grandmother who in her mid 40's was diagnosed with breast cancer and after receiving chemo and radiation still had a bilateral mastectomy. A grandmother that then had to also endure stomach cancer where they removed part of her stomach and then colon cancer which resulted in a colostomy bag. God showed mercy from her suffering at the young age of 54.
I walk for my mother who in her 40's was diagnosed with a benign brain tumor. She had surgery to remove the brain tumor and then received radiation. In her 50's she was diagnosed with colon cancer and liver cancer. I accompanied her to some of her chemotherapy treatments observing the pain and nausea. She endured the chemotherapy so that quote "by having the treatments they may learn more about the treatment of colon cancer". God relieved her from her pain at the age of 59.
I walk for my aunt who died of stomach cancer. I walk for a father in-law who died of liver cancer. I walk for my uncle and cousins that have died of cancer. I walk for my two neighbors that are breast cancer survivors. I walk for all the breast cancer survivors. I walk for the women that are diagnosed with breast cancer every 3 minutes. I walk for the woman that dies from breast cancer every 13 minutes. I walk for you, your mother, daughter, sister, and friend. I walk for me.
Everyone has someone that they know that has been touched by cancer. When you make a donation of $25.00 and enter the name of your loved one in the personal comment section, I will place their name on my shirt during my 60 mile walk and we can make the journey together. Please be generous... donate and make a difference. Net proceeds from the Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure™ are invested in breast cancer research and community programs.
I walk... I walk.. I walk.
Thank you in advance for your generosity.
Vanessa
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