See this group? I love them. They all crawled out of bed and put other things aside on a rainy Saturday morning to support me and others with breast cancer at Wentzville's Fight Like a Firefighter Run/Walk. This is actually only a tiny bit of how they have loved me the past few months, but this was so awesome to see so many of them together at one time.
There were a lot of friends there.
And some of my family came over from Illinois, too! In fact, my Aunt Gayla and cousin Jordan surprised me that morning! All of them traveled at least 2 1/2 hours just to come to the walk. They're awesome.
Brian, Joe and Christy were brave enough to run the 5K. I think it poured the whole time they ran - love them for sticking it out and running anyway when it would have felt so much better to head back to bed in warm dry clothes!
The 5K is a little over 3 miles. When Brian crossed the finish line and came over to me he told me he broke the run into the 3 parts.....the first mile was for my surgery, the second mile was for the chemo, the third was for the radiation. I love that guy so much! I believe if the tables were turned I would be so frustrated with me by now. I tend to be pretty needy about one out of every three weeks, and he is so patient about it and does whatever he can to make things as easy as possible for me. I am so ready for this to all be over. I know he is too, but he doesn't complain (although I'm sure he wants to) - he lets me do all of that!
There were LOTS of goofy faces. I love goofy faces. I love that we have friends to make goofy faces with!
There was a lot of rain, lots of umbrellas, and lots of happy kids to play with umbrellas in the rain.
There was a sea of yellow hats waiting to start the walk after the runners returned. Some of our friends from church arranged for everyone to have hats, buttons and for a banner for us to carry as our group walked. Thank you Jana, Stephanie and Annette!!
Look at the banner - yay! Stephanie added one of my favorite verses to it. Oh, and look how excited Elliott was to be standing there in the front getting his picture taken :)
I love my Makayla.
All kinds of emotions hit me as I look at this picture.
She and I go way back.
Way back to when we started bonding when she wouldn't stay in her preschool class at church unless she was sitting in my lap. Back to when I brought her family meals when she was beginning her chemo and now her family goes out of their way to care for me and my family during my chemo. She inspires me to be strong and to fight. I love that she came and walked for me and handed out buttons and helped carry the banner and just smiled the whole morning.
Wentzville has this cool pink firetruck. If I'm not mistaken, it even has those girly eyelashes on its headlights too!
And this, to me, was the best picture of the day. Not just because it's Sheryl (although she is awesome), but because it captured something that I am so fortunate to experience pretty much daily. Love from my friends. I know my family loves me, and they show me daily. But when you realize how much your friends love you and how many friends love you, it is a humbling experience. At least to me. I am so thankful that they go out of their way to give me hugs and let me know that I am loved.
Thank you to everyone who was there with us last Saturday! We are truly surrounded by incredible people. We love you!
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