I walked with 75ish names on my shirt, of peeps I love who have fought or are fighting cancer.
In no particular order, because they all rock my world equally, here is the honor roll:
My chemo sistah, Shelly
My survivor sistah, Cathy (who lent me all her hats when my head was cold)
Cathy's Mum, Peggy Jean Mason
Cathy's Grandma, Ila Mae Thornbury
My Auntie Cheryl
My Uncle Bill
My Mum
Gail Konop Baker (fab author of Cancer is a Bitch)
Cancer/Blog sistah Daria
My bank teller's Mum
My lifelong friend Monica
sweet Amy Inkrot
My poet friend, Susan Fuchtman
Kiley
Kristi Frasier
Mary Jo Cropper, of the Mary Jo Cropper Breast Cancer Center
Mardy of the ridiculous amazing pipes
I can't wait to meet my new friend Betts
My neighbor/tennis bud Janet Cross
Kim Wanamaker's sister, Lori Robertson
My chemo bud Don Boudinet
Fellow tennis lover Rich Reis
My friend Ruth's dad Jim Lueckenhuff
My friend Patty's Mum
Doreen
Noreen
My sister's friend, Megan's Mum, Jeanne Nelson
My sister's friend, Kandi Castles Fernandino (who recently did the Chicago 3-day walk!)
Jean, a trailblazer from my chemo lounge
Julie Haubrook, a chemo sister
Leona, another chemo sister
the sisters
Amy Reid
Barb Martin
Donna Scheffler
Cancer/Blogger sister, Jo
Tennis friend, Stacy Souders
Artist Deb Mulligan
Celtic lover Debbie Smith
My friend Marsha's sister and bro-in-law, Brenda and Bob Markham
My tennis friend Mindy's friend, Cindy Miranda
My friend Becky's friend who is now my friend, Julie Garvin Luce
The amazing Maria Meyer
My Florida sistah-friend Mary Kate Bourquin
My friend across the Pond, Anita Mason
My neighbor Ron
his wife Sue
his daughter Amy
My step-mom's sister, Diane
my hero Tiffany Floth Romero (of The Tiffany Foundation)
my hero Karen Wellington (of the Karen Wellington Foundation)
my hero Heather Ray
sweet Sarah McGurk's sweet Mum
Paul Swanson who I met at the survivor ceremony
My friend Terri's friend Darlene Izzo
Sonya who I met at the Race
Jill Cummins who I stood next to at the survivor ceremony
My friend Becky's friend Terri's Mum who passed away the day before the Race:
rest in peace Ilene Sween
Floyd Penrose, who we miss very much
My friend Steve's Mum Carol Lawson
Nancy Ficher
Jelka Gern
Heide Golde
Marianne Adam
Linda Cisco
Rhonda's Mum who life ended up saving my friend Shelly's: Janice Hubbard
I never got to meet Teri Neu Simpson but I prayed for her
awesome blogger and cancer ass kicker Clusterfook
My friend Heidi's Grandma
My tennis friend Linda Wimmers who taught my Mikey Geometry and loved Africa
The first friend I ever lost Sue Thompson
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The three amigas from Team Shaken Not Stirred
Me, Cathy, Shelly
I finally got another SURVIVOR bracelet to outlive! This will be number 3! Game on!
Dave and Me
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