I apologize in advance for any grammar or spelling errors. I'm writing this blog after practically no sleep and at 6:51am. For those of you that know me well, I'm not much of a morning person. OK, I'm NOT A MORNING PERSON. In fact, I despise mornings, but this morning I can't sleep. I went to bed at 1:07am last night and I feel like I haven't gotten an ounce of sleep.

i haven't updated in awhile. I've meant to do it, but then got side tracked. Two weeks ago from today we finally buried my mom in Interlochen, MI. I thought I would maybe feel some closure since she actually passed away in February, but I'm not sure if I feel much different about the situation. It did feel like ripping a band-aid off a wound though. The first two weeks leading up to the burial were really hard. I think my brother put it the best when he wrote as his Facebook status:

"Lowered my mom into her final resting spot with my own two hands and then had everyone throw some dirt on with their hands. A terrible but amazing and beautiful moment."

Otherwise, it's hard to find words to write about it, so I'll just put some pictures instead.








Tomorrow Sarah and I are doing a 14 mile training walk. I'm a little nervous about it, but I think we should be alright. I need to step up my training a little more. I can't believe there's only 28 more days! I'm more worried about me not being mentally prepared for the 3 Day moreso than physically. I never know what is going to set me off regarding my mom, but when it comes to breast cancer everything triggers it. For example, this Youtube video. The one part that particularly got me was about the breast cancer survivor (and team) visiting the Remembrance Tent (a place to remember those who passed away, but in particular those who walked and passed due to breast cancer). The survivor wrote on the white remembrance tent that she hopes that her team, "never has to walk in memory of her."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi4HVW35t6Y&feature=channel_video_title