Saturday, April 6, 2013

When a T-shirt Means So Much

The other day I received a call from my dear friend Susan called me and told me that she had my t-shirt for the Relay.  Naturally, I was excited, so I went to go pick it up.  Since I am now considered a survivor (!!!), my shirt was purple.  On the front was the official logo design for the 2013 Relay, saying (as it does every year) "Celebrate Remember Fight Back".  I thought it was pretty cool.  And then I turned the shirt around to see the back, and in big white letters, was the word "SURVIVOR".  I can't even begin to say what seeing this image meant to me.  I began crying again, as I am prone to do from time to time.  I suppose I was overwhelmed with emotions from thinking of what I had gone through.  I know, compared to others, I haven't really gone through all that much.  But this journey is very real, and quite scary, to me.  It's something that I hoped I would never have had to go through, but alas, here I am.  A survivor, like the shirt says.  This is an item I will treasure always.

*kathy*

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