Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk - October 10, 2009 - Tacoma, WA

A group of teachers from my school formed a team to walk in this year's Making Strides Against Breast Cancer event in Tacoma. We had a lot of funny names in mind, but decided to just go with our school mascot (Firebirds) so that we could wear our shirts to school! The students had a team, too (how about that?) and they went with Pink Fire. I was impressed at the number of students and parents that showed up to support the event. We had a blast and the walk took us through a beautiful section of town - huge, old homes and a walk by the waterfront. And no rain! I found a home for sale that I loved and would move into tomorrow, but it was selling for $999, 900. A teensy bit out of our price range.

The most touching part of the walk was the survivors - each survivor wears a pink sash, so they are easy to identify. Here are two of our survivors - a high school English teacher who joined our team (her daughter is a student at our school and walked with team Pink Fire) and one of our office professionals (both of our OPs are survivors - amazing). We laughed and talked and they told me their stories...sobering and uplifting at the same time. A great day.