Since I have begun this 3-day journey, I keep getting asked “why are you walking? Do you have breast cancer?” my reply is a simple “no”. “Well then, why are you walking? Someone in your family have breast cancer?” Again, a simple “no”. But that answer isn’t completely correct. No one in my family has breast cancer but my father’s sister lost her battle with breast cancer at the tender age of 30 when my father was only about 10, leaving behind 3 young children. So then I get the comment “well, you didn’t even know her”. So I think, “does that really matter??”
I have an aunt that lost her life to this disease and I have always seemed to know people diagnosed with it. Last fall, a customer and good friend was diagnosed and just finished her chemo and radiation. To support her, I chopped my hair off when she lost hers to chemo. My 3-day journey began when I was telling my best friend why I was cutting my hair off and she asked me if I had ever considered doing “The 3-day”.
Why do I walk?? Because I can. Because I want to. Because that is the kind of person that I am. I’m not saying that implying that I am a better person than people that aren’t doing the walk. I’m saying it because that is my chemistry. I have always been the type to help those in need, to bring home the stray animal or try and save the injured ones. To lend a hand to someone that needs it. Why is it that I have to have a reason to do something that is right?
You ask … Why am I walking? I’m walking …
- Because I can
- Because I care
- For my Aunt
- For my friends
- For those I have never met and won’t during this life
- For those I have yet to meet
- For my husband
- For my step-daughters
- For my son and son-in-law
- For my daughter
- For my parents
- For my sisters
- Because every dollar I raise brings us one step closer to finding a cure
- Because whatever pain I endure on this walk, it will never amount to the pain this disease has caused to millions of people that have breast cancer or the pain others endure from watching their loved ones suffer from breast cancer.
Doing something to this scale isn’t for everyone and I completely understand that. Am I, myself affected by Breast Cancer? No .. but I don’t want to be either and I don’t want anyone else to be affected by it. That is why I walk … so I can help find a cure so that no one else has to suffer from this disease. It could just be that one next step that finds the cure and I’m going to walk to help make that happen. I want to be the feet for those that are unable to do the walk. But, I can’t do it without your help! My team needs you! Please consider making a donation to our 3-Day walk .. after all, it could be the dollar that you donate that makes the difference!
If you would like to make a donation to our walk you can do so by going HERE Please remember, no amount is too small!
Thanks for your support!
~ Chanin
