I relay for my Grandma Kelly who lost her fight against the disease on February 27th 2013. I relay for my Aunt Di, her caregiver. I relay for my father-in-law, my grandpa and my daughters grandpa. I relay for Shirley, the pastors wife, who has survived breast cancer. I relay for my mother-in-law and my sisters-in-law and my dad and my aunt, who have all lost someone to this disease. I relay for my kids and my husband so they may never hear the words cancer.
Relay is so much more than walking a track. It's more that donations and fundraising. It's not someone standing in their pain. Its a community of compassion and understanding . It's someone who has been there and can help you and hold you up. I hugged people whose pain I can comprehend. I listened to survivors share their stories and I cried with those who lost.
It was amazing to see my friend and a new friend stand together as survivors and be shown survivors who have made it 10, 20, 30 and even 37 years. There is hope. Have faith. Believe.
I love Relay For Life. I love all that it does. All that it means. I love meeting people and hearing their stories. But I look forward to a day when we no longer have to relay. When we can get together and celebrate birthdays without moments of silence for those lost.
I relay because its what God wants me to do and who am I to argue with God.
2 comments:
I had malignant melanoma twice. My birthday is feb 27. Walk for me too? Cathy s
It will be an honor Cathy.
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