TXPHYSIQUE'S DORM ROOM

This weekend was my town's annual Relay For Life event. It was Friday night from 6pm-1am. Relay For Life is a fun-filled overnight event designed to celebrate cancer survivorship and raise money for research and programs of your American Cancer Society. For the relay, your team tries to keep at least one member from your team on the track for the whole duration of the night. The point of the race lasting so long (some bigger cities go from 6pm-6am) is because it is supposed to represent the different stages that the cancer victim goes through after diagnosis. During the middle of the event, there were candles lit for thousands of our very own friends and family members who had either passed on from cancer or who had survived it. It was a very humbling experience. Cancer has a very long history in my own family and to see thousands of people come together and raise enormous amounts of money for research and cancer programs was BREATHTAKING to say the least. Exercise and having a healthy diet plays a very important role in staying cancer-free, but now that I know I can participate in events like this where I can help OTHER people fight cancer....I will do all that I can. I encourage each of you to look into the ACS and Relay for Life! Cancer touches all of us in some way. You can check out their website at: www.relayforlife.org