Save the date!!!!The 2nd Annual Tackle Myeloma Foundation's Celebrity Poker Tournament
Hi everyone, sorry for the long break, but a lot has happened since my last post!!!
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I took a break from TMF duties to participate in some other charity work for a good cause. I joined a few friends of mine in Phoenix, Arizona Super Bowl weekend. Off the Field, the Players Wives Association, hosted the 7th Annual fashion show and honored me by presenting me with the Danielle Beverly Award of Courage. Danielle Beverly is a cancer survivor and fellow NFL wife who I happen to know and have a tremendous amount of respect and admiration for. Being recognized by my peers was so special and really meant a lot to me. But there was also work to be done. I wanted to make sure that during my acceptance speech I talked about myeloma. My mission is to bring awareness about this disease at every possible moment. To my surprise I was approached by a few people who were in the audience during the show who were familiar with myeloma. The one thing they all said was that they had never heard of it until they knew someone stricken with it. That's exactly what I want to change.
My fellow wives did a great job with the fashion show and raised lots of money for the Phoenix Children's Hospital. The morning after the fashion show a few of us got up to participate in a Habitat for Humanity ALL GIRL build! This was one of the things I looked forward to more than anything during Super Bowl weekend. Just before Elijah was diagnosed with cancer Hurricane Katrina had left its mark on the gulf coast. I had been working with a few NFL Wives and Habitat for Humanity to see if we could partner up and help famililes in the New Orleans area. I had to back off a bit once Elijah got sick, but as he improved I was able to get back on board and help coordinate 2 builds in Hammond, LA. Unfortunately I was never able to attend any of the builds. This year I was able to get in touch with a very special lady named Missy, who runs the Phoenix H4H office, who allowed the NFL wives to participate in a build in Arizona. The cool thing about this build was that the construction site leaders were all female, our all female group was on site helping and the home was being built for a single mom and her 3 daughters. This all girl crew got a lot done!!! My job was to take pictures and pick up nails! I had the amazing ability of being able to seperate bent nails from straight nails so it was my duty to sort and keep the site clean. Neat huh!? (LOL!)
I'm going to sign off now. My husband is doing GREATTTTTT!!!! Thank you all for your prayers and I ask that you continue to pray for us. Also please pray for all families touched by cancer. My mom lost a dear friend this week to breast cancer and another NFL player was daignosed with a blood cancer. Every time I hear the "C" word I just shake my head because it has just touched WAYYYYYY too many peoples lives. But I have to think positive, everything happens for a reason. Like I said during my acceptance speech, "sometimes you have to pick up the ball and run with it". If what our family has gone through (is going through) helps others, then it was all a part of HIS plan.EXPECT BIG THINGS FROM TMF THIS YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!
Love ya,
Kimberly
