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| Darlene & Me at MK Seminar 2008 |
A year ago today, I was blown away by discovering that over Labor Day Weekend, my children raised over $800 for LIVE
STRONG for my Grassroots attempt to ride 200 miles in one day (100 of which as part of Transportation Alternative's NYC Century) in honor of Darlene Berggren. (
If you missed my interview with MOJOVATOR, listen in and you'll hear me talk about this attempt. It is what started my LIVESTRONG Leadership.)
This Labor Day Weekend, as I prepared for next week's NYC Century Tour, I counted the money collected yesterday by me and the kids for LIVE
STRONG - totaling over $350 - and got word this morning that Darlene Berggren is in the process of being moved to hospice care.
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| Note the pink-rimmed photo button on the handlebars. |
It's times like this morning that you realize how unfair things are. Believe me, without divulging too much, for me, I've been taught and retaught this lesson on a daily basis. It's just been one of those years for me. But I think anyone can understand how unfair this is. Darlene fought and beat cancer once. A year later, she was diagnosed a second time. A year later, she's still fighting.
I'm not in a condition to even attempt 200 miles in a day this year. I won't pledge to do 200 miles for Darlene knowing I won't be able to do it. But I do pledge to finish the NYC Century for her this year, with her photo on my bike just like last year. I promise to think of her every day until I hear she's done with cancer once and for all.
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