As for the walk, it was one HOTTT day. The temperature was well over 80 degrees so
that meant Alayna was staying home : ( I
really wanted Alayna to come on the walk but I knew it was way too hot for
her. I was so excited to have her wear
her personalized shirt that Maria made. Next
year, she will be walking right next to her daddy though. I cannot wait!
I have been attending this walk site for now well over 10
years and every single year there are more and more people which is
AWESOME. More people equals more money
raised. I can still remember 10 years
ago this walk site was raising around $30,000.
Last Sunday, the goal was to raise $123,000. When we finished the walk, they said the
total raised was $121,000. Woo hoo!
My team had a great time this year. We raised a record amount of $1,695. I am so blessed to have a
wonderful family and friends who want to see a cure for CF one day. My team
included Maria, my mom, my friend Tom, and my friend Jason and his wife Emily
and their daughter Katie. As always, I
have a wonderful family including Maria’s side of the family who always
supports me on the walk and I cannot thank them all enough for how much money
they donate every year. This year my
friend Jason, donated money at Christmas time to the CFF. Instead of buying gifts they decided to
donate money to various charities. The
CFF was on his list and I cannot say enough about your kindness and generosity
Jason! Not only are you my friend Jason, you have listened to me talk about CF
and you also were there to provide a positive mindset when Maria and I were
going through IVF. I also want others to
know that you wanted to actually learn more about CF and checked out a book at
a local library on CF. Not many people I
know would actually go to a library and read about their friend’s disease.
My friend Tom has been going on the Great Strides walk for a
few years now and it is always great to have him there. This year he decided he was going to do
something very generous for me and for all of us cysters and fibros. Unfortunately, Tom’s mother passed away and
in the obituary he wanted people to donate to the CFF in lieu of flowers. This
was beyond a gracious gesture as his mother had no ties to the CFF at all. I was very surprised that people donated
close to $200 through this in lieu of flowers.
Uncle Tom (uncle Tom is what we
call Tom now in our house) THANK YOU for being a great friend!!!
We all had a great time walking our 10K walk and we even
finished in record time, under 2 hours!
I am so blessed to be surrounded by amazing people who care about adding
tomorrow’s to my life. If I did not have
such a loving wife, family, and friends my life would truly be incomplete. As for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, I
cannot say enough about their drive and dedication to make these two letters CF
one day soon stand for CURE FOUND.
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