Cross it off the list...

This weekend I was able to cross something off my bucket list. (and I plan on adding it back to the list next year!)  I participated in the Relay for Life Walk. Thanks to my wonderful friends and family members I was able to raise $262 for the American Cancer Society. When our work outreach program (thanks OLT!!) announced that they were going to enter a team for the Relay for Life this year, I was very excited!
Cancer touches every one's life in some way. You, a family member, a friend, a co worker we all know someone who has or had cancer. I personally can count eleven people in my life that have had or is currently battling cancer. (Keep fighting Aleana, Lucy and Ralfel!) I lost my dad to cancer and it sucks! I miss him so much.
I have been wanting to do this walk for years but just never found the right opportunity. What a cop out right? Like my brother said to me, "In order to accomplish a goal you have to have a leader or be the leader." I am the first to admit that I am not a leader but this is something that I believe in and I was not going to let this opportunity "walk" by me. I really wanted to do this walk in memory of my dad, MSGT. Robert W. Juda Sr. (Ret.)  and in memory of Jayne's dad, Mr. Brian Hayward, who she lost to cancer, and also for Cindy's dad, Ralfie who is currently battling cancer. I wanted to do this because I hate cancer and I believe in the work that the American Cancer Society does. My three hours of walking and the soreness I felt the next day, was NOTHING compared to what our loved ones and these survivors went through. They are the tough ones.

I know that I don't have many readers or followers, but I think that this an important cause and I encourage you if you are reading this to do a Relay for Life Walk near you. Encourage the company you work for to start a team or support someone on a team, and don't let the opportunity "walk" by you.