[You can't read it, but the back of my shirt reads "SURVIVOR"]
I'm over at Silicon Valley Moms Blog today, recapping our first annual Light the Night walk with the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
Last night, my family and I participated, for the first time ever, in the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's Light the Night walk event in Palo Alto. As an 8-year survivor of Hodgkin's Lymphoma, I am thankful that organization such as LLS exists. LLS's Team in Training program was a great source of support for me during and after my treatment (Go Team!). As a mom, though, I struggle a bit with events like this. See, my kids don't know that I am a cancer survivor.
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If you would like to donate to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, there is still time to support this event, which I organized with Jill Asher, co-founder of Silicon Valley Moms Group and daughter of a leukemia survivor. We raised over $1,300 in about a week and would love to raise more money for research and patient services. Click here to donate. San Jose's Light the Night event is on October 24th if you want to join (or form) a team to experience it yourself. Also, we REALLY, REALLY want to add to the National Marrow Donor Program's registry list. Go to www.marrow.org to register yourself (no blood sample needed, just a cheek swap - easy and you could save a life!).
Photo credit for the above photo to Carla Duharte/BabyJIDesign, who was the official photographer for the Silicon Valley Moms Group Light the Night team...and who registered herself as a potential bone marrow donor on the night of the event. Thank you Carla! And thank you, Maxine, who also walked with us, and THANK YOU to all who have supported our event!
More photos (taken by me, NOT a professional!):
