384 days ago... remembered today.

a few weeks ago someone mentioned to me there was going to be a Relay for Life walk in town.
i didn't think much of it but then a couple of days ago i had a chance to write a name on one of the luminaries.
i chose one name. Rod Kimbler. good old Pastor Rod.
we miss you.
i caught myself saying the other day, "that is one man the Earth did not need to lose."
but i am happy to know that heaven gained that day.
then last night i was thinking of all the other people in my life who have been touched by cancer.
my grandpa
a friend at school
my uncle
my aunt
my teachers
a friends mother
my pastor
a friend of my moms
a lady from church
my own dad
...
....
there's more that i am missing. but that is just my life.
yes some may not have been serious cases but it's still a case.
and i am going to walk.
walk for all those.
this battle needs to end all together.
i don't want to type another pink name.
i don't want to have to remember another important person.
i want them all to be here with me for as long as possible.
and i'm going to walk.
will you?