Last Saturday night was the annual Richmond Light the Night Walk, which raises money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
When I was diagnosed with Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia back on May 11, 2006, things changed forever. For awhile I wasn't sure how to become involved in helping others with this disease, until one of my nurses told me about the Walk. Since then, I have raised money and walked for 4 years, organizing my team "HE Lights the Night", which gives glory to the fact that only through the grace of God can anyone be healed.
Saturday's Walk was in Carytown and due to a lot of conflicts, only Patrick and Nicholas walked with me this year. It was an awe-inspiring sight to walk down Cary Street, which had been blocked to traffic, with thousands of others carrying a lighted balloon. White balloons are for survivors, red for supporters and then gold in remembrance of a loved one who did not survive this horrific disease.
Bobby Wright's 2010 Light the Night support site
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