On Friday night, I went to my first Relay for Life in ten years or so.
My week was lousy. Work was indescribably stressful, and by Friday night I was ready for a stiff drink or a little bit of self-pity. When my friend Mandi called to invite me to Relay, I have to admit, it wasn’t at the top of my list of things I was dying to do.
However…The Relay for Life put my “lousy” week in perspective.
I was humbled by the cancer survivors as they walked the first lap of the night, many of them likely still under treamtment. I was also reminded of the years before we lost my grandma to cancer.
It was a great reminder of my family’s strength during my grandma’s fight with lung cancer. It made me thankful for my healthy family, and it reminded me that life’s too short not to have a little fun….Even on Friday night after the week from h e double hockey sticks.
So on that note, I present you with smalltowngirl, having a little fun at her small town’s annual Relay for Life:
Posing with KISS for Fifty Cents, photo by Mandi
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Good idea for a great fund raiser! Hope the Relay did well this year. An amazing amount was raised last year, and they hoped to better it this year. Glad you had a good time, and am really diggin’ that photo of you and Kiss (hmmmm… was this one Ace?). Glad you shared this!
Relay for Life raised over $200,000!
Here’s a link to the story in the local paper:
http://www.dailyjournalonline.com/articles/2009/07/26/news/doc4a6b70c535ecb512861936.txt
That’s an awesome picture
I think about grandma joyce all the time. I really miss her.
Peter is checking out your ass.