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Our First Jimmy Fund Walk

On Sunday, September 13th my three sons, Jason, Aidan and Gaelan and i took part in our first jimmy fund walk for cancer in boston.  equipped with a portable dvd player, books and toys for the little ones, we walked 13.1 miles in honor of our father/papa who had recently passed away in january of esophageal cancer. this walk was our little way to do something constructive with our grief and loss as well as raise money towards research.

These images are not the most professional looking shots as many of them were taken while actively walking but they give an overall feeling of our journey.

our starting point....babson college in Wellesley

the boys enjoy an "in-walk" movie!

some of the beautiful houses we pass by

The boys enjoy a break thanks to a nearby ice-cream truck.

Jason tells his girlfriend, Alicia, how much walking he is doing.....

Aidan reaches up to hold my hand

Seeing this sign reduced me to tears

Kind of hard to see but there were 2 hawks sitting atop the spire.

Gaelan decides to catch a few winks

We come into the Fenway Park area where the first game of a Red sox double-header is just letting out.  All of a sudden there was a mass convergence of jimmy fund walkers and red sox fans. Interesting chaos ensued as people tried to navigate around one another!

Guy on segway trying to sell tickets

We cross through our last gate......only a little more than a mile left to walk!

Ahhhhh....the finish line!

We add our signature to the wall
COMMENTS
Ericf said at 9:40 a.m. on Sep 16, 2009:
Thanks a taking the time and the effort to complete this walk. These kind of walks are something we always hear about and it's great you actually completed it. Nice work.
Pachito said at 9:54 a.m. on Sep 16, 2009:
Touching story
NeusinhaGedoz said at 10:23 a.m. on Sep 16, 2009:
Congratulations on TOD. Very cool !
Rod38 said at 10:54 a.m. on Sep 16, 2009:
Wooo.... great story. Very creative. Congratulations on you TOD !
Saulblum said at 12:59 p.m. on Sep 16, 2009:
Congrats on ToD, and on the walk as well. Of course, having also lost my father to cancer, you wish it were under other circumstances. I live by Kenmore Square and saw the walkers all day Sunday, and when walking back from Brookline too.
Debdog said at 1:29 p.m. on Sep 16, 2009:
congrats on TOD ! what a loving tribute to your father ,and walking for those who cant ...thank you:)
Gaylet said at 6:23 p.m. on Sep 16, 2009:
Nice! Congrats on TOD!
Snooway said at 8:11 p.m. on Sep 16, 2009:
great story, the walk is very meaningful. congrats on tod.
Fabio_DL said at 8:56 p.m. on Sep 16, 2009:
Congrats on TOD! Very touching story! Written and photographed from the heart!
Iniamh said at 8:58 p.m. on Sep 16, 2009:
Thanks everyone for all of your supportive and thoughtful comments! I am pretty new to this venue still and was completely taken aback with the ToD references. Just figured out what it meant! :)
Pkeener said at 9:15 p.m. on Sep 16, 2009:
this is so sweet. thank you for posting and bringing your story to us
Sirnicolay said at 10:12 a.m. on Oct 24, 2009:
Thanks for sharing and congrats on TOD! :)
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