Honored Heroes!

When the trainings get hard it's the people that we are honoring or walking in memory of that help push us through the rough spots.

Our training group is walking/running in honor of a little girl named Catie. Catie was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and leukemia at only 17 months old in 2002. After 2 years of chemotherapy I am happy to report that she is still in remission. She has been filling her time with friends and school instead of needles and medicine.

When I signed up for this I personally didn't think I knew anyone with this disease. Now, after talking with so many people I am coming to realize that a lot of people are personally touched with this disease in one way or another.

Since starting this challenge, I now know that my grandma's husband has also been touchedby this disease. George was diagnosed with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia after receiving some transfusions a few years prior. He said that he was afraid he couldn't offer a dramatic story since it was no threat to him but I am glad for that. There are too many of the dramatic stories! So because of this I am also walkin for George Wyckoff.

It is because of them and millions of others that we are taking on this challenge. I thank you all for donating to such an awesome cause and I pray that we have more and more "boring stories" to tell!

Love,

Emily