I went to Mardel today to laminate the pictures of my Mom for the Tiaras I pass out on the 3-Day. We won't even discuss the trouble I was having with the laminating machine.
BUT... In the process I started talking to a woman who was looking at Sunday School curriculum. Her name was Darla, and her daughter, Kristen, died of breast cancer.
When she was 28.
That's right. 28.
With an 18-month-old son.
You can read about Kristen's battle at http://www.kristenhartland.com
If you do take that step, please look at the pictures -- she was beautiful. Read the timeline.
I don't know about you... We each have our own story. But for the last couple of years, I have felt strongly that my personal mission with the 3-Day is to spread the word near and far that breast cancer isn't your grandmother's disease. That it knows no age, gender, economic, political or social boundaries.
Kristen's story just drives that point home all the more.
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