Relay for Life 2012

This upcoming weekend is Relay for Life Santa Clarita Valley and I will be participating for the 3rd year in row.  Cancer seems to have touched every person I know and for me it is no exception.  I have lost family members, friends, and sadly know friends who have lost little ones as well.

This disease does not discriminate.  It cares not for age or gender, social standing or wealth, race or religion. It cares not whom it touches or in what way.  It cares not if you’re ready for the fight. Cancer will be the aggressor and you will find yourself at war with your own body. 

I want to find out why this disease is so powerful.  I want to help those who are feeling powerless to it.  I want to stand and fight for all who cannot. If I can help, even in the smallest of ways, I feel I am talking a stand.

I walk for those I’ve lost. I walk for all who have triumphed. I walk for the millions of families who have suffered great losses.  I walk for the parent who has lost a child too soon.  I walk for the child who has lost a parent too soon.  I walk because I want to be a part of a cause that benefits us all.  I walk because I am still standing. Shouldn’t we fight if we are still standing?

If you would like to make a donation please visit My relay for life page.  Even a small donation can make a big difference to someone who is fighting a HUGE battle!

Our Little Team Members- Relay for Life 2011

Thank you for your support!

Things aren't always great

Things have been a little bit rough as of late.  I haven’t written any blogs recently because I haven’t really been in the mood.

Sometimes the pressures of life are so much that you begin to feel like you really can’t handle them anymore. Yet you find the strength to go on because you really have no other choice.  Unfortunately my stress manifests itself in physical ways so I find myself ill whenever things are rough.  I know that ultimately things will be better and that whatever is best for me will happen.  It’s not always what we want but what we need. I must trust in this theory because things can’t always be bad.  At least I hope not.

I’ve been keeping myself busy preparing for a yard sale and majorly cleaning house.  Maybe if I de-clutter my life I can make more room for clarity move in.

For now I will stick to praying for the answers that will lead me down the right path.

The blossoms on my apple tree serving as a reminder that life does go on.