My Remembrance Ribbons

I spent most of my day making remembrance ribbons for all my sponsors who asked me to honor cancer victims and survivors close to their heart. I took a large white ribbon and stamped on each name. I then took another smaller ribbon in different colors to signify the cancer type. I've decided to honor all forms of cancer. We definately need a cure for this disease. I am tying these ribbons onto my credentials and wear them around my next for the 3 days of walking. I will post pictures next week so you can see how they look.

Updates after I recover from this weekend!

Only 1 week away....

Well everyone....next weekend is the Breast Cancer 3-day walk for me. I've been training for months to get ready for this event. I have found myself discouraged, encouraged, excited, anxious, critical, and then motivated almost all in one day. Wow it's a very emotional experience to do something like this. Participating in this is very important to me so I don't want to disappoint myself nor any of my supporters. I truly want to make it through all 60 miles but I decided not to push myself if I feel pain. I want to cross that finish line next Sunday and know I did my very best.

I just received my credentials in the mail a couple days ago so I decided to decorate it a bit. Gee do you think I'll ever get over putting bling on everything?!?!?! I have also been packing and organizing my walking outfits. I will get all my last minute items tomorrow night and pack EVERYTHING in my duffel bag ...not touching them until the morning of the 26th. We are preparing for any type of weather since Michigan can be cold and warm all in the same day in September. I have no intentions of being cold at night. I have great snuggies packed and the sleeping bag will keep me very warm.

I hope to make one or two more posts before I leave. Thank you for taking the time to read about my journey. I should have wonderful pics to post after the event.

:-) Darlene

My Breast Cancer 3-Day Layouts

The first LO is about the committment I made to walk the 3-Day in September. My journaling is about focusing on that committment.






This second LO is about when I bought my first pair of shoes for this training. They were pretty expensive but my feet are worth it to avoid blisters. I have since bought the second pair of shoes required for this walk. Now I'm all set to go!







Please feel free to check out my progress at the link located on the right side of this blog. I need all the encouragement I can get...the training is very intense now. The weekends we all are training approximately 13 miles on Saturday and 9 on Sunday. Tuesdays and Thursdays are slightly less miles. These miles will continue to increase until the 3-Day walk.