'Hope is like a bird that senses the dawn and carefully starts to sing while it is still dark.' ~ Anonymous

So...just wanted to fill everyone in on a little Relay Wrap Up.  The Frills team attended the 2010 East Gaston Relay for Life Wrap Up Party on June 10th.  It was a great night of socializing with other teams who are in the fight against cancer, sharing accomplishments and well, a little eating too!

Regardless we wanted to thank everyone for helping us with surpassing our goal of raising $2500.  I've included pictures of our plaque, as well as the Awareness Award we received for our attempts to educate and share our experiences as they relate to the fight against cancer, specifically ovarian cancer and it's silent symptoms.  A big thank you to everyone who participated this year and an extended invitation to join us next year!!

I may have posted the poem below before, but I like it so much it never gets old!  Since I began this post with a 'bird' quote, it's only fitting that I end it with a 'bird' poem. 

Hope is the thing with feathers

That perches in the soul,

And sings the tune without the words,
And never stops at all,

And sweetest in the gale is heard;
And sore must be the storm
That could abash the little bird
That kept so many warm.

I've heard it in the chillest land,
And on the strangest sea;
Yet, never, in extremity,
It asked a crumb of me.

~ Emily Dickenson