As we stood out there asking for donations on Saturday, I was amazed at the stories we heard. It seemed like many of the people who stopped to give also had a story to tell about how Breast Cancer had touched their life in some way, and thanked us for what we were doing. A lot of them were about how they had already done the walk, or they had a relative or friend with breast cancer. There are two that will remain with me for a long time:
One woman, who was obviously not going into Publix, pulled her car over, walked to the ATM machine and pulled out a twenty dollar bill , she came over to me and pressed it into my hand….and she stated with tears in her eyes that she had just lost her Mother to breast cancer a month ago, and she hoped we raised more money than the foundation knew what to do with!
There was another pair of sweet African American ladies, a 90 year old Mother, and her daughter (60’s?) , Miss Fannie……they gave to Grace on their way into the store, and gave to Catherine on the way out of the store (”these beautiful babies” she called them!)..and she turned to me and said “you know, I’m not too old to get the cancer”. How right you are Miss Fannie…cancer can affect anyone, regardless of age, race, color, or creed. Let’s hope we are making a difference in helping to stop this horrible disease.
