Happy Days: We Lit the Night

On October 23, we joined the Lymphoma and Leukemia Society (LLS) to walk for Light the Night. We walked in honor of my mom and in hopes of a cure for these diseases. There was a huge turnout for the event, and a wonderful turnout for our individual team. We ended up with 25 adults and 8 kiddos. We also reached 215% of our team fundraising goal with more than $1k raised. Thanks to everyone who joined, donated and supported us through thoughts and prayers.

The event was held in the new 7th street district on Crockett Street. It was a great setting. Olive Garden catered, there was a live band and many activities for the kiddos.

A view of the street, vendors and participants.

This was the Remembrance Wreath. Each color represents a different type of cancer. You were to take the colored ribbon corresponding to the cancer your loved one suffered and write their name on it, then tie it to the wreath. My mom's name is on two yellow ribbons - one for me and one for Julie.

Members of our team hanging out waiting for the walk to start. You can see that we each wore a flyer with my mom's photo. Today we walk in remembrance of you.

Julie and Mike

The guys were especially stoked to have an outdoor TV to watch from the patio of this restaurant. The Rangers and Cowboys almost overlapped on this night ;-)

Cousins: Scarlet Day and Jonathan Ewert

Another group of our team members including the O'Briens from Coppell

My bestie for almost 25 years: Lindsay

Aunt Krista and Will

Getting ready to walk! Sporting their Rangers World Series gear

Looking back into the race crowd

In case you were wondering, Light the Night comes from the practice of actually lighting the night - everyone has balloons with little light bulbs inside. On queue, the balloons, which are different colors with corresponding meanings, are lit before the walk begins. Red is for a cure, white is for survivors and gold is for a life lost. We carried one gold balloon for my mom and many reds in hope.