MilesForHope
Cancer Sucks
Cancer is a horrible disease it affects all walks of life, in all different manners. Cancer unlike other diseases, is not just a single problem, cancer can affect nearly every part of the body in some form or fashion. There are so many different areas and different types of cancer, that no one is safe from this dreadful disease. Cancer also is not specific to age, gender, or race.I dare to say that there is NO family that has not been affected by cancer in some manner. Just in my family alone, my great grandfather had prostate cancer, my grand daddy Martin had lung and liver cancer, my papa had lung cancer, my dad had prostate cancer, I have had skin cancer due to the hours spent outdoors, and here recently my mama had lung cancer, our church family is riddled with cases of cancer, our pastors wife has been battling cancer for some 20 years. Through family members, mom and dad,April Phillips (pastors wife) Alicia Sheffield a church member, fellow anglers, these alone are so inspiring, not only through the courage it takes to battle this dreadful disease, but through their faith in the almighty God and others I personally know affected, are my determination to finish each mile I set out to run.
I’m not a runner, I run for fun and not even regularly. Running is my peace, my war room, my quiet time with God, my time to reflect, think but most of all time to pray, uninterrupted, just me and God. I have run three half marathons (13.1) miles, nothing monumental but I did finish. I started running as means to try to stay in shape. My name is Pam Martin-Wells, I'm a professional angler and fish bass tournaments around the US, this sometimes makes it more difficult for me to train or even get in a run. I chose to try this campaign with my running instead of through my fishing because running is not easy for me and it is a struggle sometimes. Nothing compared to the struggle cancer patients go through. When my mom was diagnosed with lung cancer, I realized just how much we sometimes take breathing for granted.
January 8, 2016, I got a phone call from my moms Dr. informing me that they had found a spot on my moms lung. This absolutely devastated me. We went on to find that it was indeed cancer in her right lung. My running took on new meaning. I ran and prayed for my mom and the Dr’s and for us as a family to understand how to deal with what the future had to offer. As I ran I began thinking about breathing for mama. I ran my second half marathon in March just two weeks after my mom had the bottom portion of her lung removed. I hadn’t been training or running much for that matter prior to the race for spending time at the hospital. I knew I would be running this for my mom. She had become such an inspiration and I knew I had to do this praying and breathing for her. The last 1/4 of a mile, I saw my dad’s truck there, I knew my mom was there to watch me cross the finish line. Ever since then when I ran, I was running with God for mom and for those who can’t. I made some cancer awareness ribbons for each participant and I also made a shirt that had #prayingformama, #cancersucks, #breathingformama #godisgood. I promise at that moment I could have run another 13 miles! So during my runs, as I ran along and would pray, I would post my runs with #breathingformama. This became my motivation for my running and then when my husband began having breathing issues, I thought even more about breathing for others. Yes, I know that it’s not possible literally, but that is when I thought about run for hope. I had a thought about using running in some way to raise funds for cancer research, but never pursued it, put it aside and hadn’t thought about it again. Then on my run on a Saturday morning , as I was coming down Recovery Hill it was if I was being spoken to me. Running for those who can’t breath normally. The next day at church the message was on “The breath of Life” God breaths our life in us and without him we are breathless. So I began to feel as though God had a purpose and a plan when this idea was planted.
There are fund raisers for every medical problem out there, and that is great. However, cancer being such a broad disease with so many varieties, it needs more funds for research since it has to be divided among so many varieties.
I have run the Great Smoky Mountain half a couple of times before. This year I would like to run it again in support of all those battling cancer in some form and also raise money for cancer research. If we all fight together, we can make a difference. I chose this race because, #1 we love the mountains and it has been where my parents have spent every vacation for the last 30 years, #2 since I say I am breathing for others, there is no place better than the clean, pure crisp air in the mountains.
All donations are tax deductible and will go directly to the Americn Cancer Society. I am not associated with American Cancer Society and am doing this to help provide hope for those battling this dreadful disease. All donations will make a difference no matter how small. For any donation of $25 I will put the small cancer ribbon of your choice on my shirt, any donation of $50 dollars, I will have a section on my shirt for your name or in the memory of someone you chose, any donation of $100 will have a larger
name or cancer ribbon( your choice) on my shirt and any donation of $250 or more will have a front logo and any corporate sponsor of $500 or more will have front and back placement. Any donation of $1000 or more will be placed on my tournament jersey for the 2018 season.This will be much like my tournament jersey. I will also wear this shirt to all my pre tournament meetings for the rest of 2017 and the 2018 season which generally is approximately 9-10 tournaments.
This is not something I am doing for me, far from it, if I could do this without my name coming up I would. I just want to give back a small portion and give hope to those fighting, with such courage and bravery. Giving God all the glory and praise!
Let's show cancer that we will not stand by and let it win!!
Job 33:4 “The spirit of God has made me; the breath of the Almighty gives me life.”
We take breathing for granted, we can’t understand what its like until you see someone struggle to breathe.
Philippians 4:13 " I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."
#runforhope #runningwithgod #breathingforothers #cancersucks #milesforhope
Cancer is a horrible disease it affects all walks of life, in all different manners. Cancer unlike other diseases, is not just a single problem, cancer can affect nearly every part of the body in some form or fashion. There are so many different areas and different types of cancer, that no one is safe from this dreadful disease. Cancer also is not specific to age, gender, or race.I dare to say that there is NO family that has not been affected by cancer in some manner. Just in my family alone, my great grandfather had prostate cancer, my grand daddy Martin had lung and liver cancer, my papa had lung cancer, my dad had prostate cancer, I have had skin cancer due to the hours spent outdoors, and here recently my mama had lung cancer, our church family is riddled with cases of cancer, our pastors wife has been battling cancer for some 20 years. Through family members, mom and dad,April Phillips (pastors wife) Alicia Sheffield a church member, fellow anglers, these alone are so inspiring, not only through the courage it takes to battle this dreadful disease, but through their faith in the almighty God and others I personally know affected, are my determination to finish each mile I set out to run.
I’m not a runner, I run for fun and not even regularly. Running is my peace, my war room, my quiet time with God, my time to reflect, think but most of all time to pray, uninterrupted, just me and God. I have run three half marathons (13.1) miles, nothing monumental but I did finish. I started running as means to try to stay in shape. My name is Pam Martin-Wells, I'm a professional angler and fish bass tournaments around the US, this sometimes makes it more difficult for me to train or even get in a run. I chose to try this campaign with my running instead of through my fishing because running is not easy for me and it is a struggle sometimes. Nothing compared to the struggle cancer patients go through. When my mom was diagnosed with lung cancer, I realized just how much we sometimes take breathing for granted.
January 8, 2016, I got a phone call from my moms Dr. informing me that they had found a spot on my moms lung. This absolutely devastated me. We went on to find that it was indeed cancer in her right lung. My running took on new meaning. I ran and prayed for my mom and the Dr’s and for us as a family to understand how to deal with what the future had to offer. As I ran I began thinking about breathing for mama. I ran my second half marathon in March just two weeks after my mom had the bottom portion of her lung removed. I hadn’t been training or running much for that matter prior to the race for spending time at the hospital. I knew I would be running this for my mom. She had become such an inspiration and I knew I had to do this praying and breathing for her. The last 1/4 of a mile, I saw my dad’s truck there, I knew my mom was there to watch me cross the finish line. Ever since then when I ran, I was running with God for mom and for those who can’t. I made some cancer awareness ribbons for each participant and I also made a shirt that had #prayingformama, #cancersucks, #breathingformama #godisgood. I promise at that moment I could have run another 13 miles! So during my runs, as I ran along and would pray, I would post my runs with #breathingformama. This became my motivation for my running and then when my husband began having breathing issues, I thought even more about breathing for others. Yes, I know that it’s not possible literally, but that is when I thought about run for hope. I had a thought about using running in some way to raise funds for cancer research, but never pursued it, put it aside and hadn’t thought about it again. Then on my run on a Saturday morning , as I was coming down Recovery Hill it was if I was being spoken to me. Running for those who can’t breath normally. The next day at church the message was on “The breath of Life” God breaths our life in us and without him we are breathless. So I began to feel as though God had a purpose and a plan when this idea was planted.
There are fund raisers for every medical problem out there, and that is great. However, cancer being such a broad disease with so many varieties, it needs more funds for research since it has to be divided among so many varieties.
I have run the Great Smoky Mountain half a couple of times before. This year I would like to run it again in support of all those battling cancer in some form and also raise money for cancer research. If we all fight together, we can make a difference. I chose this race because, #1 we love the mountains and it has been where my parents have spent every vacation for the last 30 years, #2 since I say I am breathing for others, there is no place better than the clean, pure crisp air in the mountains.
All donations are tax deductible and will go directly to the Americn Cancer Society. I am not associated with American Cancer Society and am doing this to help provide hope for those battling this dreadful disease. All donations will make a difference no matter how small. For any donation of $25 I will put the small cancer ribbon of your choice on my shirt, any donation of $50 dollars, I will have a section on my shirt for your name or in the memory of someone you chose, any donation of $100 will have a larger
name or cancer ribbon( your choice) on my shirt and any donation of $250 or more will have a front logo and any corporate sponsor of $500 or more will have front and back placement. Any donation of $1000 or more will be placed on my tournament jersey for the 2018 season.This will be much like my tournament jersey. I will also wear this shirt to all my pre tournament meetings for the rest of 2017 and the 2018 season which generally is approximately 9-10 tournaments.
This is not something I am doing for me, far from it, if I could do this without my name coming up I would. I just want to give back a small portion and give hope to those fighting, with such courage and bravery. Giving God all the glory and praise!
Let's show cancer that we will not stand by and let it win!!
Job 33:4 “The spirit of God has made me; the breath of the Almighty gives me life.”
We take breathing for granted, we can’t understand what its like until you see someone struggle to breathe.
Philippians 4:13 " I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."
#runforhope #runningwithgod #breathingforothers #cancersucks #milesforhope
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Pam Martin-Wells
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Bainbridge, GA
Anonymous
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