Race for the Cure 2012

May 12, 2012-Today I went to the Race for the Cure with my mom, dad, sister Stephanie, and my niece Janae. This is a race to celebrate and to honor breast cancer survivors and victims.We formed a team to honor my mom who is a breast cancer survivor. We all walked together with her and made it a team effort. Carina was going to race with us but is having more problems with her back and so she sent her daughter, Janae, in her place. I'm not a huge cry baby about the cause but having my mom there with me this year made it so much more special. I had a definite moment where I teared up and my throat got tight at the starting line. With the thousands of people and the cheerleaders, The atmosphere is electric. I'm so grateful that she is here with us and able to celebrate with us. After the race we filled our swag bags and got our Great Harvest bread and mad my mom go to the Survivors Only corner. There was a special section roped off and she didn't really want to go and said it wasn't a big deal. We said, "Mom, it is a big deal! You survived breast cancer and they set up this booth with extra stuff just for you! Take dad and go! We will wait for you here!" She finally went in. There was a lot of the same stuff from the sponsors swag but she got special sweet bread and bagels plus a hat! The joke of the day was when we walked by the lost and found and mom said, "do you dare me to go to the lost and found and ask them if they found my boob!?!" We were laughing about that one for a while. She defiantly has a good sense of humor about it now! I guess you have to laugh about it to keep from crying. I love you, mom and I'm glad to have you around and look forward to having you here for a long time to come!