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Last night was the Relay for Life. It went so well. We raised over $20,000...right at $22,000 I believe, which is amazing, considering this is Cayuga! It was more emotional than I thought. The first lap of the relay is a Survivor/Caretaker lap. Everyone who has survived and the people who took care of them walked together. Of course, Monica and Darrin were out there, but there was also a 4-year-old boy walking. It was just so heartbreaking. Then, I have a hard time already seeing Darrin, because he is not doing well, but I haven't seen the whole family together for awhile. He doesn't look good, and quite frankly, he is not doing good at all. He hasn't been able to have chemo for the past two weeks because his blood count is so low. When they were doing the rememberence walk last night, he and Monica were walking looking at all the luminarias and Monica just broke down. Then this morning, when they announced the total, Emily comes busting through the crowd and hugs her mom and says, 'We did it for Daddy.' Well, that was enough. I was standing with Lisa and Eileen (Brent's aunt and Grandma) and we just lost it.
I really hope that God doesn't take Darrin from this family. I think the biggest thing about the relay is that it put a lot of stuff into persective for me. I have it pretty good, you know? I have a job, a family, great friends, and I'm happy. Yeah, if I could change any thing, it would be that I could see my friends more often. But if that is the biggest problem I have, then that really isn't too bad at all. It's not worth it to get worked up over the small stuff. As I've seen with the flood situation in Franklin and Terre Haute the past week and with everything I saw last night....it could always be worse.
I really hope that God doesn't take Darrin from this family. I think the biggest thing about the relay is that it put a lot of stuff into persective for me. I have it pretty good, you know? I have a job, a family, great friends, and I'm happy. Yeah, if I could change any thing, it would be that I could see my friends more often. But if that is the biggest problem I have, then that really isn't too bad at all. It's not worth it to get worked up over the small stuff. As I've seen with the flood situation in Franklin and Terre Haute the past week and with everything I saw last night....it could always be worse.