6 Days Until the Walk

I can't believe that the Walk To Empower for breast cancer is only 6 days away. Our team, led by our captain, our good friend Faith Langtiw and her team: Ron and Claress Rodriguez and Sharon Alava provided us with a team logo and an iron-0n for our team T-shirts. I am so excited.. Ron created the design and it embodies what the message of the walk carries: MPower. We hope this will encourage all of you in whatever endeavor you set out to do... I have been empowered by these loving friends.. from the first moment when Faith asked me if I wanted to do the walk on Mothers Day, she has empowered me to get up and walk everyday to train for this event. They organized our team, set up the website, and so many other friends and family have joined us, both to walk and also to raise money for breast cancer research and support. It is encouraging, humbling and kinda scary for me.. I don't know how I'll feel on Sunday. I got my bib in the mail today and on the front of it, it says: Walking on behalf of ______  and you can write your name there. There are so many names i can put on that small piece of paper... what is hardest will be putting my own name down.  Everyday I am grateful I am still here and am actually healing very well... but the devastating loss I feel sometimes overwhelms me. Many times I feel very confused on what to do next and how to move forward.

I've had a cold since we got back from Canada and it's taking me so long to get rid of it. I am so tired and fatigued most of the time. The day was so nice yesterday that Frendell asked me to walk at Wheaton College and we took pictures around the campus. It concerns me that I was tired and I don't even think I made it to one mile. I had to take a nap when I got home :-(  My sleepless nights continue and as I use my right arm more, I have more pain on that side as well.  I have been resting as much as I can.. I don't have much of a choice... and as I sit here, frustrated because I want to do so much but don't have the energy to do so, I wonder how long this will last.. hopefully not too long.. I will drive myself crazy.

If you'd like to donate towards our cause, there's still time.  Our website is: http://walk.networkofstrength.org/MPower1

I hope you all consider to make a donation.. it will benefit so many who are fighting it as well as those who will still be diagnosed with it. Thank you all for your time and your support.

Happy birthday, Winnchee... I wish you could've walked with us this Sunday... maybe next year, we can plan to walk together somewhere :-)  love you, sis..