(Yasmin is 3rd from the right in this picture)
Today I had the privilege of seeing and walking with some amazing women. Women who are survivors of breast cancer. We walked with our friend Yasmin, who at the age of 32 became a breast cancer survivor after a double mastectomy and grueling chemo treatments.
I walked for Yasmin, JoAnn Oelke Stevenson, but most importantly for Linda, my step-mother, who is so bravely going through chemo treatments right now. The positive outlooks common among these amazing women are key to their positive outcomes, of that I have no doubt.
Watching the "survivors march" as everyone prepared to start the 5k, and watching the amazing women finish the race with much fanfare truly brought tears to my eyes. I can only hope that our efforts will help find a cure so that my daughters will never have to deal with this terrible disease.
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