One of the main reasons that I started this blog was due to the inspiration that my friend Erin Elise Van Dyke gave me to kick myself in the pants and take my life back! As I've said in previous blogs, I had let the pressures of life get the best of me and sometimes I still do, i.e. the delay in between blogs. Not to mention, since the stalker I must admit, how I handle things is anything but the norm for who I know "Amy Mae" to be.
It wasn't even the event of Erin's death a couple of years ago after a 3 year battle with breast cancer that created this awareness within me. After all she shared with me that would've been ignorant of me to only learn that in the final moment. But rather it was all of the many lessons she taught me along the way as she was what I call a "Breast Cancer WARRIOR!" She taught me to love more, fight less, look in the mirror and find what I love about myself instead of what I hate, to say I am sorry and I forgive when it is needed, to cherish every single second of motherhood, to love my own Mama more than I ever thought possible, to embrace the gift of friendship more than I ever had and to LIVE. She taught me what true passion was again and to live for the very most important things in life, which really came down to be the simple stuff. I have not done a good job of this and I will spend the rest of my life trying to honor my sweet friend and all of the amazing things she taught me.
And boy oh boy was she strong. The funny thing is, Erin was stubborn to the max but I always gave her crap that I was stronger and quite frankly thought I could always do much more "labor" than she could. What an idiot she proved me to be. FIGHT does not even describe what Erin gave in the first moment of her diagnosis to the last breath that she took. She EARNED the title of WARRIOR! She was stronger and more amazing in her fight than I could ever dream of being.
My Aunt Mary had breast cancer and ended up losing her life to leukemia caused by treatments from breast cancer years ago. But it wasn't until I walked the path with my dear friend that I truly understood all of the darkness that such a dreadful disease like breast cancer creates for so many. For this reason I am striving this year to raise more than I ever have in Race for the Cure. I will be taking part in this race in Nashville on October 9th, 2010 and I am asking you to pledge in honor and memory of Erin or anyone that you know that has been a breast cancer WARRIOR. We WILL find a cure. WE HAVE TO FIND A CURE! For Erin's daughter and for mine along with every other person out there.
So please visit my pledge site, make a donation and celebrate our breast cancer WARRIORS! $1 counts just as much as $100 and every single penny makes a difference. Click on this site to make a donation,
It wasn't even the event of Erin's death a couple of years ago after a 3 year battle with breast cancer that created this awareness within me. After all she shared with me that would've been ignorant of me to only learn that in the final moment. But rather it was all of the many lessons she taught me along the way as she was what I call a "Breast Cancer WARRIOR!" She taught me to love more, fight less, look in the mirror and find what I love about myself instead of what I hate, to say I am sorry and I forgive when it is needed, to cherish every single second of motherhood, to love my own Mama more than I ever thought possible, to embrace the gift of friendship more than I ever had and to LIVE. She taught me what true passion was again and to live for the very most important things in life, which really came down to be the simple stuff. I have not done a good job of this and I will spend the rest of my life trying to honor my sweet friend and all of the amazing things she taught me.
And boy oh boy was she strong. The funny thing is, Erin was stubborn to the max but I always gave her crap that I was stronger and quite frankly thought I could always do much more "labor" than she could. What an idiot she proved me to be. FIGHT does not even describe what Erin gave in the first moment of her diagnosis to the last breath that she took. She EARNED the title of WARRIOR! She was stronger and more amazing in her fight than I could ever dream of being.
My Aunt Mary had breast cancer and ended up losing her life to leukemia caused by treatments from breast cancer years ago. But it wasn't until I walked the path with my dear friend that I truly understood all of the darkness that such a dreadful disease like breast cancer creates for so many. For this reason I am striving this year to raise more than I ever have in Race for the Cure. I will be taking part in this race in Nashville on October 9th, 2010 and I am asking you to pledge in honor and memory of Erin or anyone that you know that has been a breast cancer WARRIOR. We WILL find a cure. WE HAVE TO FIND A CURE! For Erin's daughter and for mine along with every other person out there.
So please visit my pledge site, make a donation and celebrate our breast cancer WARRIORS! $1 counts just as much as $100 and every single penny makes a difference. Click on this site to make a donation,
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