Re: The Race (not quite on topic, so pass if not interested!)

[Guest guest]

Kate,

Your enthusiasm is contagious!!! I'm SO thrilled for you and what

you were able to take with you from your experience. I've walked in

a few " runs " ... only 3.5 miles, though ... right here on Long

Island. I know what you mean about the mobs of people and the

energy. I've never done anything like this race, though. The cause

behind the people - like you said - it's emotional before it even

starts. As someone who has been touched - up close and personal -

I'd just like to say thank you. You made a difference - to a whole

lot of people.

I hope the feeling you have just keeps on lasting ...

All the best,

Carol

> > > Hi all! I just posted a picture, but I don't know if I still

> need

> > to

> > > remove something to keep from clogging up the storage space?

(I

> > > remember someone " yelling " at us about that ;0)

> > >

> > > It's funny how perspectives are changed by decisions we make...

> > > Someone in my class took this picture last spring, at our class

> > party

> > > after our last final of first year... She had to hound me to

take

> > it,

> > > because, like most of the rest of us, I was too embarrassed to

> show

> > > my smile. (Not to mention I had just spend the last 36 hours

> holed

> > > up in a study room to prepare for that last final and felt

> gross!)

> > > Today I accidentally ran across this picture, which I had

> *hidden*

> > > from view since it was taken, and all I CAN do is SMILE! The

> > > embarrassment is no longer there even though it's probably the

> > least

> > > flattering of my wretchedly crooked teeth, but the fact that I

> now

> > > have braces, and will NEVER look like that again, makes me want

> to

> > > show it to the world! So, anywho... there's the absolute

> > > most " Before " picture! Right now I have pink bands on in honor

> of

> > > tomorrow's Race for the Cure (my first ever run outside - off

the

> > > hamster wheel - let alone in a " race " !)

> > >

> > > So, anyway, there's my picture! More to come... once I figure

> out

> > if

> > > I need to do anything else after putting it in a file folder!

> > >

> > > Kate