Sunday, May 9, 2010

I ran. I cried. He voted. He tried.

Yesterday Dave and I both made great impacts in different ways.

Dave is the state deligate for our precinct. He helped to vote out Bob Bennett. That was an historic event because Bob had been a senator for about 18 years.There was a record-breaking 3500 deligates there, including Steve's Mom. It's always fun to see people you know caring about things that can really make a difference.





I helped sponsor and ran in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure - for breast cancer. It took me about 40 minutes to run/walk 5K. (Asthma kicked in, so I walked most of the second half.) I started in the front, and ended in the middle... well still sort of near the front...
I cried as I saw signs people had on their backs with names that said, "In memory of..." or "In celebration of..." Signs that said, "We walked with her twice, and now we walk FOR her." Pictures of breast cancer survivors, and many of them in the race as well.
I thought to myself, "There, but for the grace of God, go I!"
and fought back the tears the rest of the way.
Cheerleaders were chanting on the sidelines, "With mammograms and self exams... I am the cure."
Over 17000 people pre-registered, and many registered that morning. It was an awe inspiring site.



I don't know if you can see it... but there are runners as far back as you can see!




I ran. I cried. He voted. He tried.

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