Making Strides Against Breast Cancer

I went today to walk around Cooper River. My friend Karen had invited me.  Apparently she has been doing the walk for many years now.   Recently, she finished her 3rd round of treatment for breast cancer--- like #1 was back in the 90's and then #2 was in early 2001 and now #3 came again in 2014 - 2015-and I knew I wanted to get caught up with her so I went to the walk for Breast Cancer ----I really wanted to know first hand from her ..... what did she mean her 3rd treatment !?!?!?!?!?  She had sort of wrote it all in an email to me but I had a hard time following the story and it raised more questions for me then it answered.  So if I had to walk in order to talk, so be it.  Besides, I got to met her great and loving family and get some decent exercise.

I keep saying that Breast Cancer is NOT my thing, but today it was everyone's thing! I am certain that since many people like myself registered late or just showed up to support friends and family, there had to be over 3,000 walkers. They even closed off Park Blvd so people could walk in the street. Prior to the walk, they had collected  $182,219.46.     

EVERYONE was there!  

"There were long ones, tall ones, short ones, brown ones, 
Black ones, round ones, big ones, crazy ones, 
Out of the middle, came a Lady, 
She whispered in my ear, 
Something crazy, 
She said, 
Spill the wine and take that pearl 

I thought to myself, what could that mean?"

It means that everyone is affected by Breast Cancer. No one is exempt. Even men have breasts and get cancer in them. There was a tent just for "survivors" and plenty of snacks and water and items to buy.  The walk did me good. I was so pleased to see Karen and hear her whole story.  Left side, then years later, right side, more years later, back to left side again, now bye bye breasts, enough is enough. Hello reconstructed ones. 

And how life goes on.  

Desmond has a barrow in the marketplace

Molly is the singer in a band
Desmond says to Molly girl I like your faceAnd Molly says this as she takes him by the hand

Ob la di ob la da life goes on bra
La la how the life goes on
Ob la di ob la da life goes on bra
La la how the life goes on

Buys a twenty carat golden ring
Takes it back to Molly waiting at the door
And as he gives it to her she begins to sing
A home sweet home
With a couple of kids running in the yard
Of Desmond and Molly Jones
Desmond lets the children lend a hand
Molly stays at home and does her pretty face
And in the evening she still sings it with the band
A home sweet home
With a couple of kids running in the yard
Of Desmond and Molly Jones
Molly lets the children lend a hand
Desmond stays at home and does his pretty face
And in the evening he's a singer with the band

Desmond takes a trolley to the jeweler's store

In a couple of years they have built

Happy ever after in the market place

In a couple of years they have built

Happy ever after in the market place

And if you want some fun sing ob la di bla da