Kathleen's Blog

Misty has been gone almost two months.  I’ve gotten used to my “new normal” – I don’t like it but I am adjusting. When you lose someone you love, I have come to realize you don’t ever stop being sad. It doesn’t start to hurt less. But what does happen is you learn to handle the sadness so it doesn’t consume every day, every interaction, every event. But it is still there. It’ll always be there. But what doesn’t always have to be there? Cancer.

The  Relay for Life is this weekend.  We’ll start on Saturday morning at 9 and walk for 24 hours. We will walk to bring awareness to a disease that has affected too many of our family, friends and pets.  We will walk because we need to feel like we are doing *something*. We will walk because we are angry Cancer has been an ugly presence in our lives.  We will walk because we are tired of losing the battle. We will walk for a lot of different reasons, but united in our passion to be a part of stopping Cancer, in its many different forms.

So I’ll walk and I know Misty will be walking with me, like she did for over 15 years.

Thank you to EVERYONE who lovingly donated money in Misty’s name.  I appreciate and am indebted to every single one of you.  I am humbled by your love and generosity. Because of you, our team has raised over $13,000!

There are a few more days, so for those of you who still want to donate, please feel free to do so. 🙂 Also, if you want to come out to Orange High School and support the cause this weekend, please feel free to join us!

Link to Donate:

http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR/RelayForLife/RFLFY11CA?px=20080464&pg=personal&fr_id=31721

love, me