The Survivor's Lap

When Jace lined up for the Survivor’s Lap at Relay for Life this year, he stood among mostly adults all wearing purple Survivor’s shirts—with some exceptions: Hayden in his baseball uniform raced to get to Jace from the nearby baseball game (between innings) and stood with his arm around him among the crowd. Also supporting Jace were a few faithful cousins.
The walking began, and many courageous cancer survivors from our community once again proved that CANCER CANNOT WIN. Jace and Hayden walked in the middle of the pack, and tried to disappear into the crowd. Hayden didn’t remove his arm from Jace’s shoulders, and remarkably, Jace didn’t shrug it off. Then something so tender happened…
It became obvious that step by step more cousins and baseball friends joined Jace and Hayden and surrounded them while they walked. By the end of the lap our boys were completely engulfed by other kids. It was remarkable.

That night we had a large crowd for TEAM JACE walking the track…and still at 6 AM we had a large crowd walking the track. The support we received this year was amazing, and I remembered once again how much I love my family! This gathering of family and friends renewed the feelings we had when Jace was first diagnosed with cancer. People make the difference. Just like those children surrounded Jace and Hayden while they walked, my favorite people surrounded TEAM JACE and their very presence shouted to the world…cancer is going DOWN!

More photos are on my personal blog if you are interested.:)
Love you all.