Many of you know that Monday my good friend Jenn Jewkes lost her 6 year battle with Cancer. Her funeral was on Friday. It was a wonderful funeral that celebrated her life and her wonderful family. Our ward had helped her to organize a team for Race 4 the Cure, we were "Jenn's Angels". This was the name she picked a few months ago when she got her team going. She was our angel as we joined together in her memory to walk the race. 
This is Jenn last year. Her shirt is the name of her blog that she updated us on her latest news on her condition. I loved her amazing spirit as she bravley battled daily with cancer. She woke up each day, thankful that she was here another day. She was my vistiting teacher, and last month she called me and said " I feel good today, we want to visit you, do you want to garden, plant flowers, go for a walk or just sit and visit. I love to walk, and so does she. She took me on a walk down to the trail, then up some hills. We had a great walk, but a better visit. She taught me that no matter what our battles are to never give up, just keep working hard. The week after our walk, her liver started to enlarge and her condition didn't look good. She has touched my life in so many ways, I am soo lucky that she was my friend and such a caring Visiting Teacher. 
We met at our Relief Society Presidents house before the race. This is a big chunk of "Jenn's Angels" ready for the race.
This is Jenn's son Joe getting his bandana that says "Jenn's Angels" on his head. She was there with him every step of the race.
We all had a picture of Jenn on our back, as we walked in her memory and joined thousands of others in the walk.
This is a picture of the road to the "Gateway" mall. As far as you can see is a sea of "Race 4 the Cure" walkers. We set a record of over 18,000 walkers yesterday.
"Sista's" walking together. The weather was beautiful, and we all had a great time. 
These boys had pink panties on, they were having a great time for their team. I just thought they were good sports to join in the walk and be so enthusiastic.
We met at our Relief Society Presidents house before the race. This is a big chunk of "Jenn's Angels" ready for the race.
This is Jenn's son Joe getting his bandana that says "Jenn's Angels" on his head. She was there with him every step of the race.
We all had a picture of Jenn on our back, as we walked in her memory and joined thousands of others in the walk.
This is a picture of the road to the "Gateway" mall. As far as you can see is a sea of "Race 4 the Cure" walkers. We set a record of over 18,000 walkers yesterday.
"Sista's" walking together. The weather was beautiful, and we all had a great time. These boys had pink panties on, they were having a great time for their team. I just thought they were good sports to join in the walk and be so enthusiastic.We had a great day, and plan to make the race a ward tradition. I am soo glad I got to be there and be part of the cause. I was able to meet up with my sister Vicki, who is still in radiation and was too weak to walk the whole race. She was very touched by our team and the whole spirit of the day.
3 comments:
How touching. What a neat story! I bet you were a positive influence on her as well! Surely were for me! I didn't know your sister had cancer. I am sorry to hear about that.
That is awesome! thanks for sharing photos of the big day. I was so sad I had to miss it, but I will be there next year for sure! Robb was volunteering, and he can't quit talking about what an incredible event it was. I am sure Jenn was smiling down on her friends and family. We are all so blessed to have had her in our lives. And how lucky were you to have her as your visiting teacher? What choice experiences I'm sure you had.
Wow that was a beautiful story. It's people like your friend who make you step back and think about life.
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