Making Strides Against Breast Cancer
Once again I have participated in this very important event. Every year I swear I'll get up early and beat the traffic to Jones Beach. And every year I wind up in a traffic jam trying to get into the parking lot. But eventually I park, and make my way to the registration tent. . . You can see the penants flying long before you reach the tent. When I first started walking, Jen walked with her cheer team and Becca walked with Key Club, so my time wasn't my own. But now I can visit the Survivor's tent and take my time talking with other survivors. I can collect my pink t-shirt and other badges of my status. The weather was warm today, I took off my sweatshirt even before I hit the boardwalk. But it was windy, I had to use bobby pins to keep my baseball cap from flying off. I love to see all the walkers . . .school groups, unions, corporate teams, local hospital employees, friends of cancer patients. . .today I saw a group of fire fighters in dress uniform....