RELAY

We all participated in Relay For Lift last night. We all walked for the survivors, family members, and those who have lost their lives to the dreaded C word, CANCER. It was the first annual Relay For Life in our community. I am so proud that we participated and are expecting to participate again next year. We all enjoyed the event that consisted of good food, activities, prayer/recognition, and most of all just being able to spend time with family, friends, and neighbors. Matt had the best time of all, he walked for a total of 2 hours!!!! He would start walking w/one partner and before the night was over he had walked with at least 15 different people that he knew. He wore his Kicking Cancer t-shirt proudly. He would call to people who were not walking and tell them to "WALK," and in his own convincing way, he persuaded them to. During the candlelit ceremony of recognition, the names of all those in our community that have lost the fight and survived cancer were read aloud. While the names were being read it was hard to keep Matt quiet. He was trying to tell everyone around that we were walking for all the ones who had died. "We walk for cancer", "Cancer bad", he would say. Matt proved that we should all give our all in everything we do regardless of our circumstances. Matt with his own disability, (however, he does not recognize that he has one) was helping to raise awareness and promote the importance of a disease that disrupts so many lives each day. I am so very proud of him.