This morning I was $88 away from the fundraising requirement for the 3-Day and $288 away from my personal fundraising goal of $2500. As of about 1:00 this afternoon I have exceeded my personal fundraising goal by $50.00. I am ecstatic. The thing that blows me away the most about meeting my fundraising goal is how it happened. The blog world is amazing. I have met some wonderful people through the world of blogs and this story is no different. I am not exactly sure how Sharon came across our family blog but one Wednesday a few weeks ago she visited and left a comment on a photo of our little girl swinging. I proceeded to click on her name and saw that she had a blog entitled Bump in my Boob. I immediately went to her blog and learned that she had recently been diagnosed with breast cancer and was undergoing treatment. I left a comment on her blog and the rest is history. It is because of Sharon I can say I have met and exceeded my personal fundraising goal. This does not mean you cannot donate. In fact, I would love to raise as much money as possible for this worthwhile cause.
Sharon, thank you again for your generosity. I will walk proudly in your honor and in support of you. As it gets harder and harder to put one foot in front of the other, mile after mile, I will remember that you are cheering me on and I will continue. Blisters don't need chemo. Sore muscles do not need radiation. Fatigue does not require surgery. But everyone deserves a lifetime and that includes you!
Monday, August 3, 2009
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Focus
I need to focus. Last night a friend called and asked me to watch her daughter on Friday. I talked with her for fifteen minutes and we made arrangements for her to drop K off at 8:20am. We talked about my daughter's upcoming birthday party, we talked about her pregnancy and their sweet little one that is on the way, but not once during this conversation did it dawn on me that I could not watch K on Friday because I would be walking. YIKES! I proceeded to hang up the phone and then tell my husband what the plan was. As I reiterated the details of my conversation I suddenly stopped and exclaimed "I can't watch K on Friday - It's the 3-Day!"
Man oh man, has this event snuck up on me! I am really anxious. The first time I participated in this event I had ignorance on my side. Ignorance is bliss really was true. This time around I know how hard it will be. I know that Saturday morning my legs will ache and my feet will be screaming but I will still wake up and walk. I know that by the end of the day Sunday as we approach Soldier Field for the closing ceremonies that tears will be streaming down my cheeks out of sheer exhaustion and out of the overflow of emotions from spending my weekend walking so that perhaps one lady will not have to walk the breast cancer road.
I need to focus on the goal. 60 miles. 60 Magnificent Miles. 60 Miles for my mom. For Arthanise. For my daughter. For the hundreds of women diagnosed each month. 60 miles to a cure!
Man oh man, has this event snuck up on me! I am really anxious. The first time I participated in this event I had ignorance on my side. Ignorance is bliss really was true. This time around I know how hard it will be. I know that Saturday morning my legs will ache and my feet will be screaming but I will still wake up and walk. I know that by the end of the day Sunday as we approach Soldier Field for the closing ceremonies that tears will be streaming down my cheeks out of sheer exhaustion and out of the overflow of emotions from spending my weekend walking so that perhaps one lady will not have to walk the breast cancer road.
I need to focus on the goal. 60 miles. 60 Magnificent Miles. 60 Miles for my mom. For Arthanise. For my daughter. For the hundreds of women diagnosed each month. 60 miles to a cure!
Thursday, July 30, 2009
8 days and $88 away
Wow, the 3-Day is quickly approaching. In just 8 days I will be joining hundreds if not thousands of men and women on a 3 day, 60 mile journey.
I am currently $88 away from reaching the $2300 fundraising requirement. I would like to thank everyone who has so generously made a donation. Your donation will touch more lives than you may ever know and for that I say thank you, thank you, thank you! I know without a shadow of a doubt that Arthanise and her family are grateful for every dollar raised through the Breast Cancer 3-Day. The money raised will go to further breast cancer research, treatment and testing and hopefully one day produce a cure!
I saw a baby onesie the other day that said, "Please find a cure before I grow boobs" and I could not help but think of my precious little girl. Eleanor will turn one just days after I complete this 60 mile journey. I am walking for Arthanise but I also walk in hopes that my little girl will never have to face breast cancer.
3 Days, 60 Miles, A World Without Breast Cancer!
I am currently $88 away from reaching the $2300 fundraising requirement. I would like to thank everyone who has so generously made a donation. Your donation will touch more lives than you may ever know and for that I say thank you, thank you, thank you! I know without a shadow of a doubt that Arthanise and her family are grateful for every dollar raised through the Breast Cancer 3-Day. The money raised will go to further breast cancer research, treatment and testing and hopefully one day produce a cure!
I saw a baby onesie the other day that said, "Please find a cure before I grow boobs" and I could not help but think of my precious little girl. Eleanor will turn one just days after I complete this 60 mile journey. I am walking for Arthanise but I also walk in hopes that my little girl will never have to face breast cancer.
3 Days, 60 Miles, A World Without Breast Cancer!
Friday, July 24, 2009
You've Got Mail
Everyone loves to get personal mail!
I LOVE to get mail.
So, here's the deal. Would you like to send me a note of encouragement for me to read while participating in the 3 Day? If so, here are the details of how you can.
There’s nothing like a letter from a loved one to inspire you to keep going. Your friends, family and supporters can write a letter to you, which we’ll deliver to you on the event at the Breast Cancer 3-Day Camp Post Office.
Send letters to:
Breast Cancer 3-Day Camp Post Office
ATTN: Gloria Cooley
PO Box 25145
Chicago, IL 60625
Envelopes only, please. No boxes or large packages. Mail must be postmarked no later than July 28th in order to ensure delivery at the Breast Cancer 3-Day Camp Post Office.
I LOVE to get mail.
So, here's the deal. Would you like to send me a note of encouragement for me to read while participating in the 3 Day? If so, here are the details of how you can.
There’s nothing like a letter from a loved one to inspire you to keep going. Your friends, family and supporters can write a letter to you, which we’ll deliver to you on the event at the Breast Cancer 3-Day Camp Post Office.
Send letters to:
Breast Cancer 3-Day Camp Post Office
ATTN: Gloria Cooley
PO Box 25145
Chicago, IL 60625
Envelopes only, please. No boxes or large packages. Mail must be postmarked no later than July 28th in order to ensure delivery at the Breast Cancer 3-Day Camp Post Office.
Monday, July 20, 2009
Almost There
In just 18 days I will take off on my 60 Magnificent Miles for Arthanise. I can't wait. I am so excited! The pithy 3 Day mantra "Eat, Drink, Pee, No IV" has already started playing through my head.
Over the weekend I went on a 12.5 mile walk. When I left home on Saturday morning at 7:11 it was a mere 56 degrees outside. O Summer, where art thou? Actually, I am quite glad it was not very warm because after the first 5 miles I was HOT! I love the fact that we live near a nature preserve. It makes it very easy to incorporate long walks into my training. While walking on Saturday I spotted a couple of deer, tons of field mice, a beautiful black bird with orange wings, ducks, geese, swans, herons and a few snakes. Yeah, snakes. In fact, one snake was rather large and scared the bajeebies out of me.
On the fundraising front, I am now a little over $200 away from my fundraising goal. I can't wait to hit that 100% mark!
Over the weekend I went on a 12.5 mile walk. When I left home on Saturday morning at 7:11 it was a mere 56 degrees outside. O Summer, where art thou? Actually, I am quite glad it was not very warm because after the first 5 miles I was HOT! I love the fact that we live near a nature preserve. It makes it very easy to incorporate long walks into my training. While walking on Saturday I spotted a couple of deer, tons of field mice, a beautiful black bird with orange wings, ducks, geese, swans, herons and a few snakes. Yeah, snakes. In fact, one snake was rather large and scared the bajeebies out of me.
On the fundraising front, I am now a little over $200 away from my fundraising goal. I can't wait to hit that 100% mark!
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Still Alive and Walking
Ok, so I didn't really keep up with this blog as well as I had hoped to. I'll just blame it on the fact that I have an extremely active 11 month old who keeps me very, very busy. Not to mention our family blog, the time I spend on facebook and the countless hours I spend perusing the internet and reading other blogs. Yikes, I can't believe I just admitted to the amount of time I "waste" each day on the computer!
I am now 24 days away from my 60 mile adventure. Training has been hard this go round. Between a LONG winter here in Northern Illinois and a baby, getting my walks in has been difficult. I have been getting in a number of 5 mile walks each week with an occasional longer one. My sweet girl and I just returned from a 5 mile walk this afternoon at a near by nature preserve.
Just last week as D, E and I returned home from church I saw two women walking down the street wearing pink t-shirts and hats. I commented to D that perhaps they were training for the 3 Day. A little over an hour later I set out on an 8.5 mile walk and who should I happen to run into - the pink ladies! They were in fact training for the 3 Day. We walked together for the remainder of our miles that afternoon. It was so nice to share my experience with them as this is their first event. It made me so excited about the event. It was a life changing experience for me in 2007 and I expect to be changed even more by this year's event.
I am amazed at the number of women I have met in just the past few years who have had breast cancer or who are currently fighting the breast cancer battle. These women are heroes in my eyes. They are walking a road that is harder than anything I could imagine. I will continue to walk and continue to raise awareness about this disease in hopes that one day no woman would have to walk the breast cancer road.
24 more days
$1008 left to raise
60 miles to walk
A lifetime of change!
I am now 24 days away from my 60 mile adventure. Training has been hard this go round. Between a LONG winter here in Northern Illinois and a baby, getting my walks in has been difficult. I have been getting in a number of 5 mile walks each week with an occasional longer one. My sweet girl and I just returned from a 5 mile walk this afternoon at a near by nature preserve.
Just last week as D, E and I returned home from church I saw two women walking down the street wearing pink t-shirts and hats. I commented to D that perhaps they were training for the 3 Day. A little over an hour later I set out on an 8.5 mile walk and who should I happen to run into - the pink ladies! They were in fact training for the 3 Day. We walked together for the remainder of our miles that afternoon. It was so nice to share my experience with them as this is their first event. It made me so excited about the event. It was a life changing experience for me in 2007 and I expect to be changed even more by this year's event.
I am amazed at the number of women I have met in just the past few years who have had breast cancer or who are currently fighting the breast cancer battle. These women are heroes in my eyes. They are walking a road that is harder than anything I could imagine. I will continue to walk and continue to raise awareness about this disease in hopes that one day no woman would have to walk the breast cancer road.
24 more days
$1008 left to raise
60 miles to walk
A lifetime of change!
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Lacking
I am seriously lacking motivation when it comes to training. I am 18 weeks out and need to get a move on it if I am going to be in any type of shape to walk 60 miles. The weather has been a major hindrance and my trips to the mall to walk have become less and less frequent. This week my plan is to purchase a Yoga mat and an Exercise Ball so that I can work on some strength training and stretching. I also plan to get in at least 3 training walks. Hopefully spring will arrive in IL soon and I will be able to hit the trails regularly.
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