When K was a baby, I would pray and pray every day that she have a happy, healthy life. We have truly been blessed on that front and while we have (thankfully) never needed the services of the American Cancer Society, we support them every year by going to Relay for Life. Last year two of my coworkers were high up on the planning committee so we knew what to expect. This year we went in blind . . . and loved every minute of it.
My sister-in-law and niece met us for dinner (and for the girls, dancing . . . gotta love K, she just can't help rocking out to an 80s cover band and her cousin, being 4, follows in her footsteps). After dinner we were on our own. K talked me into a $3 pony ride to get ready for her upcoming trip to Daddy's house in July and she used her allowance (5o cents at a time) to feed the llama, goats and sheep in the petting zoo. I love having a child who doesn't mind giving up a little of the money she makes each week cleaning kitty crap to a good cause. It makes me incredibly proud of the kid she is and gives me great hope for the compassionate women she will one day become. There were trips to the bouncy house and duck pond, more stints on the dance floor and an incredible booth with awesome raffle baskets we hope will be calling us tomorrow.
We got to spend time with our friends Megan and Gene, badgered an e-mail address from an HR rep to send a resume and I ran into two friends from high school. It was great catching up with the girl I graduated with and a lot of fun catching up with the still cute football player who used to take the pickles off his hamburgers at McDonald's after the games to take home to his dog. Of course since I'm apparently not supposed to have sex again until K is at least in college, I also got to meet his gorgeous wife and 9 week old son. We left after the luminary ceremony, a beautiful if somber lap around the track (in this case led by a bagpiper) once all the luminaries in honor or in memory of cancer patients and survivors have be lit. It's such a touching part of the event and it never fails to bring tears to my eyes. The two honorary chairs for the event were a recent high school graduate and a local 3 year old girl who are both battling cancer. It never fails to make me thankful for the healthy child I have.
Speaking of that healthy child, K survived her week of Math Camp . . . it included two half days at school, a field trip to a dairy, playing in a creek (her classmates caught minnows, crayfish and a leech . . . apparently he was full so they could hold him . . . ummm, no thanks), a trip to the lake and counting M&Ms before eating them. Sounds like fun to me.
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