Saturday, June 21, 2008

race for the cure...

today kiki and i walked the 5k co-ed walk in the race for the cure. it was pretty amazing to see the huge number of people walking with us and even more amazing to see the courageous women walking in the pink survivor t-shirts. i've been pretty lucky in my life to not have been affected by anyone i am close to being diagnosed with breast cancer. but i have been very touched by many stories i have heard from survivors. and deeply saddened by stories of others who were not so lucky. my hope is that they will find a cure for breast cancer and it will never be something to touch the lives of my children, family or friends in the near future.

on a side note, during the walk i realized how seriously out of shape i have gotten (i was SURE i was going to faint from exhaustion) and will be rectifying that so that i survive hawaii in november.

4 comments:

Shannon said...

Awesome layout...Awesome the you participated...Awesome that you posted! :)

Unknown said...

Gina, I am so glad you participated in this. what a great thing. I need to do this sometime. we are all affected by breast cancer in one way or another.

Jaime said...

I love the Race for the Cure, in fact I participated in that myself a couple of times when I worked for the Seattle Breast Center at Northwest Hospital. I'm so glad you did it, and way to go in making it to the end. :)

kelly said...

hey g, you rock!
and yes, you better prepare for CAMPING in hawaii!