On October 2 of last year, my mother-in-law was diagnosed with breast cancer. She had a lumpectomy later that month, and then did the whole chemo/radiation cycle that has become such a part of many people’s lives. And despite still feeling a little more tired than she did, she’s doing really well. But more than that, she’s a survivor.
So of course, when she mentioned doing the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, my mental wheels started spinning. She planned on running it, and I decided I would run it with her. But later, she casually mentioned that she hadn’t felt up to training for the run, so she thought she’d walk instead. I made a new plan.
I learned that she was going to have a whole team of folks from her work that were going to walk with her, so my sister-in-law and I thought it would be fun to get a team of her family together to surprise her. We’ve plotted and planned for weeks...and somehow managed to keep the fact that 12 people were sneaking into town a secret.
She was positively blown away when we all met her just before the race... and it was one of the most beautiful moments I’ve ever seen.
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