Maggy and I just went for our walk in the park across the street and encountered one of the checkpoints for this weekend-long effort to raise funds to end breast cancer. Thousands of participants in pink and black were striding along the street to applause, music, balloons and refreshments encouraging them along their route.We stopped to chat with some of the walkers who said the weekend had gone well and they just had 13 kms to go. One mentioned she wished she could have brought along her labrador retriever 'training partner' who had to stay home for the actual event. She seemed to welcome a Maggy break before striking out again.
Everyone we saw seemed in good spirits and physical condition following the almost 50 kms already under their belts since yesterday. It was inspiring to feel the energy and hear the hooplah around an event that means so much to so many. Good luck to all.
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My sister walked the walk in Vancouver this weekend. She said it was very difficult and gruelling but when she thought of the women fighting this disease we call breast cancer and how they face this disease with grace every day, she could easily put one foot in front of the other.
Hopefully in time we won't have to run races, walk walks. There will be a cure.
Amen.
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