Relay For Life

My sister emailed me last night and I want to share it with you. It was a generated email from Relay for Life. I read it quickly and realized she was walking and wanted me to support her. That would have been pretty easy for me to do and I was happy to do it...

but the more I read about Relay for Life the more I wanted to get involved again. I had walked this relay in college and I remember our sorority raising some money and it was fun. I haven't done anything since then. I have wanted to do a Race for the Cure for the longest time, but it hasn't happened.

Anyway, I digress again! I know there is a Relay for Life here in Woodward at some point, but I want to do this with my sister. I think we can walk together in memory of our families members who have lost the battle with cancer and also in honor of those who have won! We have several cases of several types of cancer in our family. So now is my chance to make a difference.

I am reminded of a Sunday School lesson on Nehemiah several weeks ago. We studied Nehemiah the entire month of March...good stuff by the way. But the author of the lesson pointed out that Nehemiah taught us that when we have had enough of a wrong we should stand up and take action. Nehemiah had enough of the wrongs being committed against the people of Jerusalem. He first got angry then became compassionate and did something. He took up matters with the people causing the problem and made them a part of the solution. (Nehemiah 5)

I am not going to find a cure for cancer...I gave up my dreams of doing medical research long ago (biology 2 my junior year of high school was a little more challenging than I anticipated) but I can support cancer research. It would be too easy for me to write a check so I am walking this year and getting involved. I plan to continue this, not just with my sister, Jana, but also here in Woodward!

Please consider joining me in this fight by either walking with me at some point or donating to my cause! You can go to my page to support me or my sister's page to support her.

Thanks so much for fighting this disease with me!