Team in Training

One week to go then I get to meet the Team In Training people that have been so nice and supportive of me in Chicago. Mark, our son in law, started with TNT last year as a way to get in shape and raise money for a good cause. Bev and I donated because of the cause and to support Mark. My how things can change in a year. Now TNT has been supporting me with nice cards and a great picture that says they are thinking of me and spelling out my name. How amazing is it in this day and age that people will get together to raise money for a cause and support each other emotionally through all of the events that occur in one's life when cancer strikes. I am touched by an earlier comment from a team member who wrote on my blog about her dealing with a parents cancer. Bev didn't know it but I listened the other night as she listened to a recording of a young woman who struggled and lost her fight. It sometimes seems so scary that what you have inside you can kill you and you don't even really feel it. What I feel is the chemo and medicine and the related hospital and doctor visits that tell you that you are sick. But the cancer is deadly quite. Without support from friends, family, well wishers, I would have gone crazy. Praise God that we live in such a great country with such good people. We have medical people that are working hard to find cures no matter how elusive or how much red tape they have to go through. I can't pretend to know everything about TNT, but I do know that the team is amazing for what they are doing. They are thinking of me, when in reality I and all people with cancer are thinking of them and all of the good works they are doing. I am so proud of Mark and what he is accomplishing. I am 52 and had donated to cancer causes before in life. I can say I honestly never had been touched on a personal basis through a family member or friend who had cancer. Now that I am part of that select group, I have grown a whole new appreciation for all who share the title cancer survivor. It's amazing when life steps up and slaps you on the side of your head and shows you a whole new world. If I am correct, Mark says that this week he starts to rest a little before the big event this next weekend. I on the other hand am getting prepared to come and cheer on all the TNT group who without even knowing me mean so much to me. Regardless of the reason they participate, they are all heros in my book. How do you repay a hero? God bless all of our heros, and God bless you for your support.