Courage
is doing
what you are afraid to do.
There can be
no courage
unless you are scared.
Eddie Rickenbacker (1890-1973)
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November 2008
When I am riding, I am a purple dragonfly.
Because my sweat is nothing compared to their tears. Because my challenge is nothing compared to their fight. Because we are all on one journey... with one destination, one goal to conquer cancer. Come take a journey with me to help cure cancer one peddle stroke at a time.
El Tour de Tucson
November 2008
Emerald Bay Lake Tahoe 2009
I love the color purple & I love dragonflies.
When I am riding, I am a purple dragonfly.
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Why I Ride
- The Purple Dragonfly
- In May 2008, my sister Heather invited me to join her in a "bike ride" to raise money for cancer. Fighting cancer is a passion of mine so I said yes. Little did I know she was asking me to sign up to raise $2900 and ride 109 miles. Thus began my bike riding journey. I completed El Tour de Tucson and raised more than $7000. I continue to ride... I am hooked to the road and hooked on helping people beat this awful disease. I have lost several members of my family to cancer including my mom when she was only 38 (I was 20). It has been 22 years since I said goodbye to her. My childen never met her. I live wondering what life would have been like if she were still alive. While I can not change the past, I can help to change the future. My goal is that my beautiful girls will never know what it is like to lose someone you love at such a young age. And, they will never have to experience it themselves. Find a passion in life and live it. My passion? My family and helping beat the big "C". What's yours?
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