Aisle 26.2

My fundraising goal is not just met, but exceeded! And donations are still coming in!

I’ll be honest. I didn’t know if I could do it. I was really worried for a while there. And I had some bouts of the blues about it. Fundraising is seriously hard work. I know. I do it at my job everyday. But I write to foundations asking for money for the organization I work for.

Fundraising for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and the marathon has been a completely different experience. I learned a lot about you all. How generous you can be. But you need to be inspired. We all do. And it’s funny because while I tried inspiring you all to give, you all inspired me. I would return from long runs to an email notification of a donation and it made me want to do another 5 miles. I would get donations from strangers to find out that you had spread the word, making my small network of people grow.

I know that money isn’t easy to come by. And I know there are plenty of other things to spend it on. So, when people chose to use it to support me and the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, it felt like…well…it felt like you chose me. Like you stood in line at the store with a new pair of shoes/pants/earings in one hand and me and the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society in the other. You lifted us up, gave us a look-around, and thought about what was most important to you. You put the bottle of wine/video game/bulk size bag of peanut M&Ms back on the shelf and handed me over to the cashier.

When you made that choice with either $5 or $250, you made me want to make better choices too.

I’m so grateful but I feel like I’ll never be able to express it in a way that doesn’t sound cheesy. Thank you for your donations, thank you for believing, thank you for inspiring me.

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