Relay for Life...

Last Friday night, I participated in the Relay for Life in my community. Remember me mentioning that a while back?

The high school ROTC presented the flag, and a young woman sang the national anthem. The event is kicked off by a survivors lap. I was unexpectedly sad during the survivors' lap. I started thinking about how badly I wished my dad were able to walk it. He's been dead a number of years, and sometimes the sadness sneaks up on you when you least expect it.

And, amazingly enough, I finally met @bamaboywill and his mother!!! Yes, that's right; I joined the team of someone I didn't know in real life...we met on Twitter.

His mother is absolutely precious!! She has pancreatic cancer, and she has a phenomenal attitude!! She treated me like she had known me my whole life!!

Overall, the event was a success. The goal was to raise over $94,000. I'm honestly not sure of the final amount raised. I will double check the figure and blog it later.

As I was walking out the door that evening, I said to Jay, "I'm going to hang out with some dude I met on the Internet." HA!