On October 4th, I celebrated my birthday at the annual Susan G. Komen walk for the cure in downtown Omaha. It felt a bit strange that I was participating in something that involved myself. I never imagined that this was something I would be doing.
My husband, Sam, Bailey and myself attenhded the walk. The kids were excited because I promised them I would spray paint their hair pink. It was chilly in the morning when we left home and I thought we would all have to wear our coats, which would hide our shirts with our numbers on the back, taking alot of the fun out of it. But when it was time for the walk, we were able to tolerate the weather. The civic auditorium had two levels where you could walk around and recieve free items such as cereal, breakfast bars, applesauces, bananas, apples, water bottle holders, M&M’s, pens, a gift bag for survivors, donuts!! lots of things. Pink bags were handed out and you just walked around filling your bag with goodies. They also had tables where you could purchase pink ribbon items.
They held a special ceremony for cancer survivors. Sam had his arm around me as I sat in the chair. It was very touching. After the ceremony they took a survivors group photo in front of the auditorium. So many people!! After the photo, we did the 1 mile walk. Sam and Bailey held hands with me and then I wanted to hold my husbands hand. It was quite a view to see all these people walking together. At one point when we looked to our right, we could see a whole line of people walking down the street we were on a short time ago. When we got to the finish line the kids and I raised our arms in the air. We finished in 20 minutes. I was then handed a red rose. All the survivors recieved a red rose at he finish line. What an awsome birthday. What an awsome husband and family I am blessed with!.
LeAnn
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