Race for the Cure

I find myself surrounded every day by reminders of this terrible disease, breast cancer, from people I know who are either fighting for their lives or have already lost it. This morning Peter, Robin, Lindsey, their friend Kira, and I set out with about 18,000 other people at the Gateway in Salt Lake City to run The Race for the Cure. What an awesome but eerie sight to see so many people who are fighting or have been affected by breast cancer. Each person wears a name on their back in remembrance or support of someone they know who is struggling or has lost their lives. It's a real eye opener. You can see from this picture that the crowd goes on for what seems like forever. I think next spring the Gateway will be unable to support so many people as the crowd grows larger year after year. It's main purpose is to raise money to find a cure, but it's a wonderful tribute to those who have been touched by this disease. My heart and hope goes out to every one of them.