Our Mother’s Day tradition for the several years now has been to participate in the Minneapolis/St. Paul Susan Komen “Race for the Cure.” Cindy, a two time survivor, is the force behind our participation and commitment to this cause prompts my annual post on this topic.
For us, taking credit for participating in any form of a “race” would be a misrepresentation. Cindy, just a few weeks past recovering from a broken leg to the point she could move without crutches, completed the “race”. Even the walk moves at a crawl because of the thousands and thousands of participants.
This is an event with many traditions.
It is a sad event because so many are walking for departed loved ones. It is also a celebration because of the courage of the many survivors.
Our Team
The walk was just the beginning of the day’s activities. Daughter Kim graduated from the University of Minnesota in the afternoon. Her request for a celebration was to take the entire clan to the Twin’s game. The mother’s day game incorporates some of the same themes – many of the players use pink bats. The Twins have been struggling lately, but not last night – Twins 16 – Tigers 4.
