Go Big or Go Home!!
Big is better
Quit or Continue?
In all my efforts of fighting this fight, the part I hate more than individuals being impacted by their diagnosis is FUNDRAISING!
I love being a part of the message and sharing that message, a spark of hope that others need by showing that yes, I do care. I love being humbled by the mere trust that is given unto me by others that just pour their soles freely to me. I love knowing that in some small way, that I am making difference. I actually enjoy walking the miles no matter how far. In that same mindset, I despise asking people to make a supportive donation, thinking of creative ways to encourage people to participate and donate, reminding others of the importance of their monetary support. There's a degree of me gets angry, gets frustrated, almost hopeless about the compassion of others. But, yet I do it - at least I was doing it.
I don't know what is in store for me in regard to my journey, but I'm still in it until....
I had to release that s it was wearing very heavily on my heart and soul. Not to ask you to donate, but to just purge. So often we try to be polite as not to offend, but I find I need to let it go, not hold onto it as it impacts me. So that is it and that is all. Breast Cancer as well as all others - SUCKS!!!
I walk, support, encourage, listen and advocate because someone has to - ALL THE TIME!
Fighting to make it through
These individuals also know this is yet another opportunity to spread their message to others and take their life's journey to another level. Although they may not agree initially, these women are triumphant in the face of despair.
A diagnosis, touches more that the individual that gets it, goes further than just the physical changes you can see. A diagnosis causes individuals to question their faith, their lives, choices and so much more. Women go through a distortion of the physical changes they experience and the perception of themselves through the eyes of others.
I have been sharing the message and this effort for many years and this year is no different. I have participated in the very controversial Susan G. Komen 3 Day 60 Mile walk for what I'd like to be my sixth year. I have walked in New York and her in Georgia. I walk with a variety or organizations with the same goal in mind, supporting women, treatments, early detection, and research; American Cancer Society, Making Strides, Sisters by Choice, Relay for Life, Race for the Cure, Miles for Mammograms and other small local groups. None of these events would be possible without the much needed monetary support. It took me a while to realize it, but these events are an affirmation of survivorship, fighting to beat the monster and proof that we can survive a diagnosis. A diagnosis is NOT a death sentence, it doesn't have to be the end of your world. What is it - It is the start of a new journey
Foxs Trotters
Email: nichellfox@gmail.com
Website: www.the3day.org/goto/nichelle
Phone: 718-3144773
1 in 8 women receive a diagnosis and it doesn't have to be.
Every 2 minutes a woman is diagnosed and it doesn't have to be.
In 2013, there were 2,240 men diagnosed and it doesn't have to be.
You can change that.