So I think I’m in love. With 80 different people all at once. I couldn’t be prouder to call myself a member of the 2013 Livestrong Texas 4000 team. Six months ago, we were a scared, confused group of individuals. Today we are a driven, capable team. And I don’t use that word loosely, we […]

I’ve been thinking about writing this entry for a while now. First I started thinking about writing it right when I got to Anchorage. Anchorage came around, had plenty of time to write it but decided I wasn’t quite ready. I mean we still had Homecoming Bash and Tribute in Austin. Plus, I was still […]

Thank you so much to everyone that has helped me on my Texas 4000 journey thus far. Texas 4000 is an awesome experience, and it has been made exponentially better because of my friends and family. I’ve have been blown away by people’s generosity. I have already raised over $2000 for cancer research! Yes. You […]

It’s not that my mother didn’t want a boy, trust me she wanted one. She really did. And if she could have, she probably would have kept trying, because well, she just doesn’t give up. However those who know my family and I, know that there are 4 girls and 0 boys. In 1994, my […]

I am going to start this first blog off by doing something that may seem a bit strange and have its readers wondering what I’m doing in this organization at first. I’m going to start by thanking cancer. If this were a speech, this would probably be the part at which people give each other […]

Something dark hangs over my Father’s side of the family. The kind of thing that everyone knows but no one talks about it. That darkness is cancer. Every man on my dad’s side of the family has died of cancer. At least as far back as anyone can remember. My grandfather died of it. His […]

“Life is a sum of all your choices.” Albert Camus When I looked at everything crazy that is going on in life right now, I always refer back to this quote. Every day I feel like I have to choose and the truth is I hate picking. Well recently I’ve had to sit down and […]

Most people remember exactly where they were eleven years ago, today. It isn’t a memory that rubs off so easily. I was experiencing my first plane ride. United Airlines was scheduled to arrive at the JFK from Heathrow at approximately 12:30 pm. Four hours and countless episodes of Recess later, we were still in our […]

And here I am already writing my second blog. But I cannot help but feel the need to get this off my chest. This past weekend I received a call from my mom telling me, “You now have another person to ride for.” My mom informed me that my second cousin RubyMae was diagnosed with […]

Last night was the night. The one that I had been so nervously awaiting for nearly the past year. The one where I got up in front the entire team and explained why I was riding my bike to Alaska. I ride for my grandfather and namesake–my Pa. Typically in those types of situations where […]