Today was the Kelowna MS Walk, a fundraiser for the MS Society. People have been so generous - we raised $350 which is amazing. Thank you so much to the people who donated and thanks also to the ones who sent encouraging messages of love on Facebook when I posted about the walk. A description of the photos above:
Top left: The bibs we wore (so we could FEEL like marathon runners while only walking 5k). On it we wrote who we were walking for
Top Right: Me with my Mamma, many years ago
Bottom Left: My goofy Mom on the left with her sister, the ever-amazing Aunt Gay
Bottom Right: My girls. Jennifer and Tracy (also known as my Taco Sisters) and my feisty wee daughter who is a Taco In Training (almost used an acronym for that - it didn't go well)
MS has been a devastating force in my world so it felt good today to do something positive around it instead of just being cranky and feeling robbed. Jen and Tracy were there because that's who they are....amazing women who have supported me in a million ways, this just being one of them. Gigi was there because she's my ferocious sidekick, always.
We did the full 5k (yay us!) and only got lost once. We went for brunch afterwards (who knew that Eggs Benedict Poutine was a THING, people???) and I may have had a mimosa. It was a beautiful day with beautiful women honouring the life of my Mom who was the most important woman in my world - what a wonderful world.
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for 2 reasons*
1) She has developed old-lady-can't-see-without-my-glasses vision.
2) She loves being named in my blogs because she's a diva and I adore her.
