We had the best day. I was easily noticed in the pink tutu. My husband wants me to throw it out "You'll never wear it again" Bull.... it will show up again even if it is only to dance around with my little granddaughter. (Santa will have to bring her one too) It was a very moving day. The Dragonboat ladies were there assisting me to set up etc etc. It was a great time for us to all be together. Even one of our members who has secondaries and has been diagnosed for about the third time showed up with hubby and mother. We haven't seen her for ages. That was lovely. She will be requesting a Hopes and Hurdles kit as she has never received one before. We had lots of lovely people come through and I found out some family connections of friends that I wasn't aware of. A couple of very touching moments:
. Young dad and little daughter (about 4 or 5) pulled up and came over. Little miss wanted to know what all the pink balloons were about. They sampled our mini muffins and walked through the silohuettes and little miss went off with a BCNA balloon.
. A new landcruiser pulled up - it was full of young people or a family. A young man (about 17) got out and very confidently approached our group of women who were resting under the shade of the trees. When I went to greet him he put out his hand and said "This is for you" and handed me a $10 donation.
. Whilst we were waiting for the newspaper photographer to arrive to capture the release of the 100 pink helium balloons, a young woman and her teenage daughter arrived. They wanted to know what we were doing. She told me that she had just lost her best friend to BC - aged 37 with 3 small children - youngest 2 years old - TODAY!!!!! We all gave her a group hug and she placed a message on one of the ladies.
The release of the balloons was amazing - the 100 balloons stayed together and soared to the sky. God only knows what any inconing pilots thought. More to come tomorrow with my first "story time" I will let you know how it goes.XLeonie
