I did it! I made it thru the 3Day 60 miles - OK I managed 54 miles this time. Friday morning was cold but absolutely beautiful. Our team of eleven, nine of us were able to walk together. We had two that were slower walkers but 9 us us that could keep the same pace. We began the day at Colin Creek Mall just as the sun broke and walked our little legs off. About one our encouragement and nourishment team met us at a little place right around the corner from my house. I had fajitas and a Corona (Yes I did) before we continued on the day. At our last cheering station our "e&n" team had "pink pantie pull downs - our signature drink" for us and our friend Tim came and did massages for us. My hip was killing me and sometime during the day my left knee was hurting for some reason and the last three miles was giving me some pain. But I finished! My favorite two things during the day was the Mother standing next to her daughter in the neighborhood that thanked us for walking so she could be healed to now take care of her daughter who is battling the disease now. And the young lady in the Ellen tee that was in a wheelchair trying to maneuver these Dallas streets and Jason assisting her up the curb to camp. She was a hero in my eyes.
Saturday started off cold again but was another beautiful day on the path. I woke up feeling pretty good. The legs were feeling fine after a nights rest in my own bed. The "e&n" team had breakfast with nuggets, burritos, hot chocolate w/Godiva chocolate and mimosas (I even filled a flask with one!). A half a mile from lunch I turn to say something to the team and I turned back around a hit a "toe crack" and caught my toe and twisted my left knee and I was hurt. I called for help while I kept walking but I knew I was in trouble. My knee felt like I had popped something. The entire left side felt like it was burning. The L man picked me up and took me to get cleaned up (with a flushing toilet-this is huge for a walker, since we use port a potties for 3 days) before taking me to meet everyone at the lunch site. There was a super surprise waiting for me. Chance had arranged for Ashley and Hunter to come join us. Yes! Of course I started feeling better when T-Lee saw Hunter. I had to take off my cap for him to recognize me but the moment I did he smiled so big and came running up to me. I was crying and it wasn't from my knee either. I was able to get seated and get ice on my knee and Hunter was talking to me. It's been over 3 months since I've seen him. He's so big and Ashley sat right next to me. It was decided that with the pain being so bad no matter what position the knee was in that I should not finish the next 6 miles with the team and take it easy. I went home with the family and just rested the knee and iced it off and on all day and night. After Ash and Hunter went home, Chance and hit the bed about 8.
BTW: Ashley has promise to allow me to see Hunter more!
Sunday morning I woke up feeling really good. The knee felt great. Larry swore I wasn't going to be able to walk today. But I was good to go. I met the team at 6:30 and off we went. Our encouragement and nourishment team had a great lunch for us at Arlington Hall and we were able to rest for a while. We were on a kick rear pace and we all felt good for having walked. Sharla would be so proud.
We had a team dinner last night. Tons of toasts were made. Kay and Al - Sharla, Jason and Shelva's parents, spoke about how Sharla would have been proud of us and how proud they were. Sharla Schooley's Angels do rock.
21 years ago today, my precious angel, Taylor Cheyenne Garrett went to heaven. I miss her! I know she's rocked in the arms of Jesus. I was proud to be her mother for 8 months and 10 days.
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