I had an exciting Sunday! The Gift of Life Walk was a huge success and although we felt like we were walking fast, the pack seemed to finish way ahead of us which proved to me how many supporters were there. I make friends everywhere I go but was happy to have my mother and father in law join in on the fun. Yes that is my wild hair in the photo. Let me explain…
After the walk, I was heading to meet Scott to begin shooting a Video for the Donate Life IL You Tube Channel. I couldn’t do a pony tail for the walk and then expect my hair to be in Hollywood shape, so I just let it fly as you can see in this photo.
Now back to my friends from the walk. I met a girl with a new kidney who is my age and it’s always refreshing to meet young recipients like me. We had e-mailed weeks prior on the Donate Life social networking site and so she spotted me and introduced herself. I heard her story and even met her twin, who was spared from the genetic kidney disease that caused her transplant. She never went on dialysis and counts her blessings everyday like me. What amazed me most about her story was hearing about her college friends who were her primary caregivers when she first got sick. They went on doctors visits with her, took notes and even tried to become donors. All of this while studying to become successful Lawyers. I thought of Lizzie and my girls and how they would do the same thing.
So now I have a new Kidney friend who even signed up to join Team IL at the Transplant Olympics. I’m sure we’ll have a good time participating in that together. Now if only we could be a few years younger and play in the less competitive age groups, we’d be set. Do you think they’d let me play with the 16 year olds, since that’s how old my heart is? Wishful thinking.
Now back to Scott over at I Am. Are you? who I now refer to as “the guy.” Even though he promotes organ donation for his clients and for his work, to us he’s that guy who knows so much about this topic. I wondered if he had a personal connection to Organ Donation and even though he doesn’t (other than knowing me, Steve, Tricia, Chandler, etc), he’s is most certainly passionate about his work. And he’s good at it too. I will have more to show and tell on this topic in the future but for now just want to give a shout out to Scott, my new friend who is funny and who makes our stories much more real with the work he does. The video should be complete in the coming weeks and I’ll be sure to post about it here. Until then, here is a sneak peak. Thank you Scott. It is a great honor to participate in this video. I'm not expecting to walk the red carpet like Steve did, but just to get the word out there...thanks to Chloe, I have a voice.
My Hollywood Debut!
