My Time At Relay For Life

Hi friends and family! I just finished participating in my first Relay For Life event and let me tell you something, it was life-changing and emotional.

I have to say I was very excited to be a part of Relay For Life for a few reasons, two of them being, I am a survivor of cancer, and I have many family members who have either survived, lost their lives, or are in the battle now.  I was proud to honor all of them by walking the Relay event.

As my friends and I took our place at the starting line to walk our survivor lap we were all excited and emotional.  We had battled cancer and we won.  As I walked I thanked God for bringing me through the last few years and for giving me another chance at life. 

Then as we passed by our team and family members the emotions overtook me and I bawled tears of joy, and my friends and I raised our arms in victory because we fought cancer and WE WON!

The day was filled with tears and laughter as we walked laps and raised even more money to research and find a cure for cancer. There were so many incredible people at the event and I felt honored to be among them.  I even have a medal for my having survived CANCER, it doesn't get much better than that.

Our team made it to Silver Team.  We painted a car PURPLE and spray painted the names of cancer all over it and people came in droves to beat the cancer car to bits, me included. As I smashed the Thyroid cancer bit of the car I unloaded all my anger and put a huge dent right in the middle of it.  It was cathartic to say the least.

We also had a pie smash at our tent site as well as Happy Un-Birthday grams.  All these different things helped us raise even more money to beat cancer for good. My mama went and was a huge support for me, and for that I am even more in love with her.  She is a sweet soul and one of my very best friends. We now have matching cancer bracelets in honor of our time with the monster that is CANCER.

That is all for now, thanks for sticking by me even when I don't post every day.  I love you all--You Rock! I wish you could have been there with me but you were there in my heart and that was good enough for me.  Blessings bloggy friends!

I believe in the sun even when it is not shining. I believe in love even when I feel it not. I believe in God even when He is silent. *Written on a wall in a concentration camp*

Charity begins at...Home, doesn't it?

Hey all, I have come across a great site that will donate to charity for you. All you have to do is twitter about them, or join their facebook page, and you can even blog about them. 

They will donate $5 for a tweet on your twitter account, $10. for joining their facebook page and becoming a fan, and $20. if you blog about them.  I requested that they donate to the American Cancer Society and they were nice enough to do so, but mainly they donate to World Wildlife fund, World Vision, and Make a wish foundation. 

This is a wonderful foundation and I urge you all to check them out here, you won't believe what they have already donated to the charities above.  It only takes a moment of your time and it is for a worthy cause, so please go on over and see what they are all about.

“I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. What I can do, I should do and With the help of God, I will do." ~Everette Hale