Wow Forgot about this blog lol

I totally forgot that I had set up this blog! Oops..... I got the blog bug today and now here I am.

I am currently at 108 official miles of training walks. I walk more but those are the miles that I have purposfully went out and walked to get ready for the boldest movement in history against cancer.

I have raised $535 dollars out of my goal of $3000. I have some big fundraisers coming soon that hopefully will get me closer to the goal amount!

I am a co-captain of a team of 2 that is walking in the DFW 3 day for a cure in November. My co-captain is an awesome lady that is very motivational. Not only is she a 3 day walker which is motivational enough, she is a full time ER nurse, mother of 3 very active boys and a wife. She has her schedule and sticks too it. Wish I could do the same. ;) We met at one of her training walks and clicked instantly. So we became a team. She walked last year and is very motivational on her walks as well as just in every day life.

Besides my co-captain I have met some great people on the walks that I have led and that I have attended. One lady that I met has walked every year for 5 year (I think) and completed all 60 miles every year. Did I mention she is in her 60's!! If that's not motivation than I don't know what is.

I also have a regular walker that walks with us on Sundays that has just started Chemo 4 weeks ago. This week she showed up and had shaven her head but never once has she wanted pity or sympathy from us. She always has a smile on her face and keeps me going on the longer walks we have done together.

I have met a range of great people in my every day life that has made my decision to walk and fight this beast even more enjoyable. We have been on walks several times all in pink and been asked "are you guys walking in the 3 day walk", we of course respond, "yes" and they say "Thank You". What a great feeling that is to know that not only are you walking for someone special that has been affected but also people who you will never know their name or who they are!

2 saturdays ago I shaved my head down to an inch long and dyed it pink! I love the cut and it's a lot cooler during our training walks. I feel this way about the whole thing. I had the choice to cut my hair for cancer, others don't. There are those that will lose not only their hair but their lives to cancer everyday. It's just a little thing I can do to bring awareness to the cause.

I was in the store last week wandering around the store waiting on my husband to meet me and had a gentleman come up and ask if I was walking in the 3 day (I had a pink shirt that says fight like a girl on it as well as my pink hair... what gave him the clue I wonder lol) and when I told him that I was, he shook my hand and said, "Thanks so much" and walked off. I still wonder to this day how he had been affected.

I am just one person fighting this disease but there are thousands upon thousands walking in the 3 day around the country. One step at a time we are coming closer to putting an end to this horrible disease.