Sunday, August 26, 2007

This is a fence at a pit stop. I think this balloon ribbon on a front lawn was one of the most memorable displays of support - we saw almost everyone taking a picture as we walked by. And a young man (teenage, we would guess) simply stood along the sidewalk, smiling and greeting and saying "thank you." And occasionally, he was talked into standing in pictures with walkers next to the balloons.
The support of the community was overwhelming. From displays like this to people standing along the sidewalk with bags of ice. There were signs in yards. A sign saying "I was diagnosed in 1967, and am still here today" (we all cheered the house, having no idea if anyone was home); a table and chair set up in a yard, with a posterboard in honor of a loved one, messages, and a big bucket of licorice; and just when we thought we couldn't eat another popsicle, a lady standing along the sidewalk putting them in our hands as she said, "I am alive today because of you" (through tears, we looked at each other and said, "well, now we have to eat them!").

The support was too much to list.







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