Through It All.........Our Family's Journey through the Valleys, Mountaintops, and the Peaceful Plateaus of Life. - WalkAmerica 2006---Raising Money to Save the Lives of Premature Babies.

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Our Family's Journey through the Valleys, Mountaintops, and the Peaceful Plateaus of Life

Sunday, April 30, 2006

WalkAmerica 2006---Raising Money to Save the Lives of Premature Babies.

Well, ladies, I survived....whoosh!!! This year's WalkAmerica was a LONG one. It was supposed to be 5 miles, BUT at the five mile mark, where it had "the walk is ended" type signs, you were still a full mile from the building that was the registration building and in the middle of nowhere. You couldn't cut across anywhere to make the way back any shorter, so the walk was really a 6-mile walk. Then we were about 1/2 mile from the parking lot, so that made 7 miles today, at least.

I AM SO SORE!!!! The back of my calves burn, and my feet are ready to die...lol. But I did it!!! If they would have added another 2 feet to the walk a month ago, I wouldn't have made it, and I have my fellow Blubber Bloggers to thank for my improvement! THANKS!!! ((((Group hug!))))

This walk is so meaningful for me, because I know that we are raising money in my sweet Ellora's name to help other little preemie babies fight the good fight and hopefully make it home to be with their mommies and daddies. I know that she was up there rooting her poor old Granny Kathy on!

We still have about $800 to go for donations, and then WalMart will give us an additional $1000, so please pray that we can continue to put some good efforts into our fundraising until we reach our goal.

There are 3 other Walks coming up relatively near us in May, June, and July, and I signed up for them today---am I a glutton for punishment or what??? LOL Then after that I need to start working toward the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life. I do that each year in memory of my mother, my uncle, and my aunt, and now this year it will also be in honor of my dad and my other aunt. Of 7 siblings on the two sides of my family tree, only 2 didn't have cancer, and my mom had 3 completely different kinds, and my Aunt Mary has 2 completely different kinds, so there are 8 cancers with the 7 members of that generation. I had BETTER walk for money for cancer research, because I think I am doomed, wouldn't you say???

Thanks to all of you for the thoughts and prayers today. I seriously don't think I would have been able to do that last mile without you all praying me in!

If anyone is interested in contributing to the March of Dimes Prematurity Awareness program, please click here to support our family team and help us reach our goal.

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As a homeschool family, we have had to learn to homeschool "Through It All." Illnesses, deaths, job losses, financial struggles, prodigal children, marital and family problems, and trying to build and now rebuild a family homeschool business have tried to take their toll on us. But "through it all, I've learned to trust in Jesus; I've learned to trust in God..." Just as our little granddaughter trusted us and held our hand throughout her short but precious life, so we trust and hold onto the hand of our Heavenly Father, through it all..... I share our struggles as well as our joys in hope that others will find encouragement to persevere through whatever life may have in store, and to know that they are not alone... ~~~Kathy~~~

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