I recently went on my 3rd Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation Run for the Cure, and did the 5K route. I remember the first time I went, I was 10 years old, and I thought I was just going on a usual run, just with a lot of people, but right as the gun fired, I realized that I was doing this to help people. I realized that thousands of others were also doing the same thing as me. When they could be doing something else on there weekend, they decided they were going to help fight breast cancer for others who have a hard time doing it. I don’t know anyone who has had breast cancer. But I do know how much you can miss some one when they pass away. Recently my grandpa died. It happened so fast, and I felt as if the whole world was spinning. I didn’t know what to think or do. I remember that I just kept thinking to myself, “there must have been some other way to help” over and over again in my head. I realize now, that people who have breast cancer do get that chance to live, and to get better. Thanks to everyone who walked or ran, and to everyone else who supported and took there time out of the day to help make a difference. I am now 13 and will now go to the Run every year and will continue to do if until they do find a cure. I sometimes get really tired and want to stop, but I know I am making a difference, and I don’t stop, I keep going, all the way to the end. Where there will be a cure.
oxox,
Paige Howard
P.S. This is dedicated to all the people to have ever had breast cancer, or who ever has lost a family or friend due to breast cancer. It will be okay. They will find a cure, no matter how down, or how sad you feel inside don’t give up hope.