WW Team Races For The Cure
After about a year, I left town, and distance and time found me losing touch with my Lafayette buds. Facebook has allowed me to connect with them again and last year I would find out from Courtney that our dear Wendy was in the fight of her life. She was in chemo treatments for breast cancer. By all accounts, Wendy fought the good fight and today she's more of a force of nature than ever. This coming Saturday, October 16, Wendy will be taking the WW Team to participate in the Susan Komen Lowcountry Race For The Cure. I'm including an excerpt from her race page in her words:
Last year for this race I was a Cancer Patient - Just finishing 20 weeks of chemo and preparing to begin radiation. I was tired but hopeful and had just landed a new job!
This year I'm a Cancer Survivor - Just 10 months since my last treatment, hair is back, my spirit is strong and I just landed a new job! Yep...another new job. But this time, it's about me.
Two days after this years race I will take my new post as the Executive Director of Memorial Health Foundation in Marietta, Ohio. Part of me says it's my way of taking this challenge to the next level, another says it's just part of the man's plan. In any event, I will proudly display my 2009 1st Place plaque & race jersey in my brand new office (with room for 2010, of course!)
Wendy's Beach Shrimp
3 pounds unpeeled, large raw shrimp
1 (16-oz.) bottle Italian dressing
1 1/2 tablespoons freshly ground pepper
2 garlic cloves, pressed
2 lemons, halved
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
1 stick butter, cut up
Place first 4 ingredients in a 13- x 9-inch baking dish, toss to coat. Squeeze juice from lemons over shrimp mixture, and stir. Add lemon halves to pan.
Sprinkle evenly with parsley; dot with butter.
Bake at 375° for 25 minutes, stirring after 15 minutes. Serve in pan with toasty bread
I love you so! Kisses, hugs, cheers, and many thanks for your friendship...xo... Click on my name above to go to my Lowcountry race page!!
ReplyDeleteLove you back, sister....thank you for the link! I'm having some problems with my linking capabilities. Have an awesome race!!!
ReplyDeleteGreg - what a great thing to read...it gave me goose bumps. Just thinking of you makes me smile uncontrollably! As always, I love you. And of course, good luck to Wendy this weekend. She is one tough cookie!!!
ReplyDeleteI miss you, Princess. I'm thinking reunion for the three of us one of these days.
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