We did SLC's Race for the Cure

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I don't know how (or where) to post pictures in our

new Yahoo world here -- especially since I can't stand

going to the new Groups place because of those awful

ads, so I read our club via e-mail -- but I wanted to

share my day at the Komen race with y'all.

I've put links to the pictures in this message -- hope

they work!

My three daughters had signed up with me to do the

Komen in SLC, which was plenty cool (it was their

idea) -- but it turned out to be a big surprise for

me! They put together a whole team of family and

friends to celebrate my 14 years of survivorhood, and

when I came down to the hotel lobby to meet my GIRLS

and go out to dinner last night, this large group of

people jumped up and yelled " surprise! "

They had made a big sign signed by everybody on the

team ( " Gams for Mams " was the name of it), and they'd

made matching tie-dyed team shirts for everyone.

Here's 3/4 of our team before the race -- my son and

his wife didn't make it in time for pictures, but

everybody pushing and carting babies was there. --

http://www.musenet.org/~moonbeam/KomenTeam1.jpg

Here are some team members talking to my youngest

daughter (she's the scrunch-faced one):

http://www.musenet.org/~moonbeam/KomenRace3.jpg

They also gave me 14 gorgeous pink roses, one for each

year --

http://www.musenet.org/~moonbeam/Komen-roses.jpg --

and read this tribute written by my Jo (the strawberry

blonde on the far left of the team photo) -- which

made me quite blubbery:

" We are all here tonight to celebrate the

extraordinary strength of the human spirit, and the

lengths that we will go and all that we will endure to

reach the top of the highest mountain that dares to

stand ominously in our way.

" We all have this strength hidden inside of us, but

not all of us will face a challenge that will make us

dig down to the depths of our souls and fight with

everything that we have just to get through another

day. There is however someone among us tonight who had

to do just that: our mom, .

" Mom, when faced with your mountain, you dug your

heels in and fought harder than any of us can ever

know, but you did it. You pulled yourself up to the

top of the rockiest cliff. You not only did it for

yourself, but you did it for everyone that you loved,

and everyone who loved you.

" So, tonight it is our turn to say thank you. Thank

you for fighting, for surviving and, most of all of

showing each one of us what a human spirit is made of.

You are a pillar of strength to all that know and love

you. And so tonight we celebrate you and 14 years of

living

cancer free. We love you, and with you a happy Mothers

Day. "

I'm back home tonight but still walking about 2 feet

off the ground.

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