a walk to remember~

saturday morning my littles and i

met up with some in our family

and a huge group of others for

Walk to D'Feet ALS

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a motor neuron disease

eight years ago

i  lost my grandmother

ALS

silently came and took her away

  {the cause of ALS is not completely understood}

we lost someone so dear to us all

she was our voice that kept us together

united

as a family

when she left

our family struggled for awhile

 i will never forget telling a family member

"how grandma was the one that kept us together

and sometimes i wonder if her having ALS

was a way to help us all see

we can remain a strong family

we each need to simply find our voice

and learn to communicate a little more clearly"

throught that first year i kept wondering what i could do



how i could help

and then i stumbled upon

an ALS chapter

in our area



thats when my walking began

i walk to help support

i walk to raise money

i walk to

REMEMBER

a loved one who is no longer here to speak

and share each moment with us

i walk

knowing one day

one day

there will be a cure

{there is not a cure or treatment today that halts or reverses ALS}

one day

maybe not today

maybe not tomorrow

One Day

NO OTHER will have to SUFFER

and till that day

these steps i shall take

to honor

raise awareness

support

and

REMEMBER

i know i shared this once before

but i felt this was ever so fitting

see these bubbles

well at the start of our walk

people blew bubbles

and as we were nearing the end of our walk

these bubbles greeted us

they had remained

floated up and through the sky

Beginnings are scary.

Endings are usually sad,

 but it's what's in the middle that counts.

 So, when you find yourself at the beginning,

just give hope a chance to float up.

And it will.

Birdee Pruitt

 Hope Floats