Wow. Words just can't describe it. The most amazing weekend I've had in a very long time. This posting is going to be rather stream-of-consciousness, so just read. It's all good.
The sense of community...no, more like family...that I had all weekend was huge. Everyone was so friendly, so warm, so together. Anyone that needed help got it right away. Strangers doing things for each other - grabbing towels for someone who forgot one in the shower, getting drinks when someone's hands were full in the food line, handing out tubes of lip balm that they had brought on purpose just to share, things like that. It was great.
The Romeo high school boys sports teams deserve huge thanks. They came to help set up tents, they carried food for people from the dinner line to the tables after Saturday's walk, they walked around with pitchers of water and gatorade for people, they just generally made themselves so incredibly useful. They're going to get tons of letters from people, I just know it.
The people in the communities we walked through came out in huge numbers. Especially the city of Plymouth. Wow. There was a cheering station in Plymouth that was supposed to be a block long...it was closer to a mile. Solid shoulder-to-shoulder people clapping, cheering, whistling, handing out candy and water and stickers and hugs. It was overwhelming, and I wasn't the only one to be in tears through that stretch.
Silly crazy me, aching feet and sore knees and all, signed up for next year. Wow. Am I nuts? Yep. Crazy bold, crazy beautiful.
Our promise: A world without breast cancer.
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