Pink papers of hope

October 30th, 2006

My uncle Larry (a fellow blogger and an editorial writer for the Asbury Park Press) writes about the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure that took place in NJ on Sunday:

“When you saw a young woman walking “In memory of my mom,” the impact of loss and, hopefully, renewal could not have been clearer. Fortunately, as many people or more were celebrating life. Reading tributes to “My sis,” or simply “Me,” brought a chuckle and a tear to the eye at nearly the same time.”

There is a lot of Cancer in my family and I was proud to take part in the 3 mile walk that followed the race. Even though some of us decided to only walk one mile (they created a short cut), it doesn’t take away from the feeling that we were helping spread the word of early detection.

By far my favorite part, however, was seeing my mother walk the one mile with us, cane in hand. Sure, we were slow, but when she crossed the finish line, arm in arm with her twin sister (A cancer survivor and Larry’s wife), I could’t help but to thank G-d that mom is still with us. Her bones may be a bit more brittle since the accident and surgeries that followed, but she’s still alive. And that’s what matters.

I love ya mom.

Pictures from the walk can be found here.

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