Making Strides this morning for ALL of you!!

Hi!! I'm sitting here finishing up my tea, dreading the fact that I have to wake up my husband, daughters, and niece soon to get us all ready for the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk this morning! I wanted to share my team news with you all - when I started the team I set a goal of $1000. Since I was dx in June we didn't have time to do any major fundraisers - just online donations & I sent out a fundraising letter to friends & family. Since signing up, my team has grown to almost 50 members!!! We've raised $1621.00 - and with a $500 grant from Kohl's department stores plus the money my teammates will be turning in today, I believe our team goal will be doubled, and then some!! I'm also thrilled that my mom is feeling well enough to come out for a little bit - she's going to be there for me when I give my speech & for the beginning of the walk I'm so proud of her! (and i'd also like to send you a quick THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart to everyone who has, and is still, suporting my my with your wonderful letters and cards - they mean the world to her & it makes me feel to good to see her light up when she gets one). I'll have to type in my speech so you can all read it when i get back home today, but the basic outline is I thank all the walkers - thank & acknowledge my team - thank my husband & all caretakers of women going thru BC - and I thank the ACS for being a local resource for people with cancer, and especially for having the CSN available on their website - and I give special thanks and acknowledgement to all of my pink warrior sisters on here. I then tell my dx story up to chemo - then add how mom was diagnosed & how i started taking care of HER in the midst of chemo, and how we were together for her 1st and my 5th chemo - acknowledging her strength as a woman & how her raising me to be strong has gotten me through this (i know, i can already foresee not a dry eye in the house...) - then i go on how im walking for mom, and for camryn and lia, and for all of you.
That's my speech in a nutshell. I practically wrote every word down so I wouldn't forget anything so im pretty sure it will be more of me reading my paper up there than just giving a speech, but it really doesn't matter how the words come out, as long as I say them. Hope you all have a great day, and sorry if your feet feel sore this afternoon, it's because I'm taking every one of you with me on my walk, and up on that stage with me.
Here's to us!
*peace, hugs, LOVE, and strength*
Heather