Sunday, June 8, 2008

Please support my sister

My sister Lynda is doing the Avon Breast Cancer Walk in San Francisco next month. She is close but needs our support to meet her goal. She is walking in honor of me. I was diagnosed in October 2006, 3 days before my 50th birthday. It was a challenging road but I survived due to the loving support of many people: my husband and my son, my sister and her family, my Stamp Your Heart Out family, my San Bernardino County Rancho Cucamonga Courthouse family (my support went well beyond the District Attorney's Office: judges, courtroom staff, the Public Defender's Office, private attorneys, the interpreters, members of law enforcement, victims, the clerk's office, and so many more), my Stamp Your Heart Out family (staff, teachers, and customers, especially Pat Simpson), University of La Verne, College of Law family (faculty, staff and students: Dave G., you know you will always be special), and last but definitely not least, my Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center family (every breast cancer patient should have Martha Osborne in her life. She is an angel. We just can't see her wings).

I had dark days but I never lost hope because of all of the support that Greg, Rory, and I received from so many people. That which doesn't defeat you makes you stronger. Battling breast cancer has made me a stronger and better person. Please help my sister and I help other women who are fighting this disease. Check out her personal page. You get to giggle at a picture of me when the two of us when I was twelve and she was four. Please copy the following link into your browser. If you have problems with it, email me.

http://info.avonfoundation.org/site/TR/Walk2008/SanFrancisco?px=3938318&pg
=personal&fr_id=1480&et=VG_E_pLhfDK_zeaGw3iZig..&s_tafId=271867

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