Friday night, our family and friends all donned their Warriors 4 Alex T-shirts and headed for downtown Portland. The Leukemia & Lymphoma Societies Light the Night Walk events were scheduled to start at 6pm, with the walk at 7:30.
Alex carried a white balloon as a survivor, while all his supporters carried red balloons. Eric carried a gold balloon in memory of Dawson, a young boy who lost his battle with Leukemia recently.
The balloons were illuminated with flashing lights, and the view of all of them walking along the waterfront and crossing the bridges in Portland was a sight to behold.
Alex had AMAZING energy that night. Playing, and running like it was the middle of the day, and not past his bedtime.
Half of us walked the short route, and half walked the long route. Somehow, we ended up as the *very* last team to finish the walk. But we finished it.
What a great night. We Are Warriors 4 Alex - we will win this battle!
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He will win this battle!
ReplyDeleteThat is awesome and I bet it was a night that filled all of you with so many emotions. I know just reading it flooding me.
ReplyDeleteLove to all
Trish
Also, and I not pouting too much, is it possible that I can buy one of those T-Shirts????
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