My Friends and Family Making Strides

www.cancer.org/stridesonline Please see our section Friends Who Are Making a Difference

We feel so honored by the outpouring of folks asking us what can they do. I am so blessed that since this shocking diagnosis we have been truly embraced,loved along, cried with, laughed with, and now walked along. We have always been ardent supporters of the American Cancer Society and this year we hold this particular part -Making Strides a little more dear. My dear childhood friend Janet Manning Smith gathered together some other lifelong friends and put their heads together to organize a Puckered-Up Team. I hope to have the stamina to walk with them that day, and if not then I'll be there standing by with huge hugs.

I also wanted to share two other walkers Asha Plumpton who will be walking in my name in the Concord NH walk. She is the granddaughter of my cousin Janet Story Clark. Although I have not seen Asha since she was quite small, a young beautiful amazing woman will walk this day.

Marlene Lawton is also walking in the North Conway walk. She is a wonderful nurse who works at my office. Both Asha and Marlene can be found if searching by walkers individual names.

A donation of any amount is gratefully received by the American Cancer Society. I would love to know that someday all the chemo pods could be empty, and that all the knitted hats would go back to being just for beautiful newborn babies.