ANNUAL AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY FUNDRAISER,
So on October 27, 2007, it will be Supreme Tsamaz who will get to pose and bask in the accolades, to recognize the generosity of all the individuals who contribute funds to demonstrate their confidence that we will surmount the challenge of cancer...and we will win. Thanks, Tsammie, for being you-the honest, trusting, courageous, loving ambassador. You are our heroine. You will help make a difference against the ravages of cancer in 2007.
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We
are proud and joyful to announce that Supreme Tsamaz, our ¾ Arabian
mare, will be an exhibitor at the annual Cleveland cancer fundraiser
at the
We
were personally touched by this life-changing affliction when I
was diagnosed with early stage Her2+ breast cancer in June 2005.
Learning all it was possible to learn before opting for surgery,
radiation, and chemotherapy was mind-boggling but critical. Through
six months of chemotherapy consisting of adriamycin and taxotere
and an additional twelve months of Herceptin therapy, I was blessed
to have the joy of cleaning the stalls of our twelve horses and
riding Tsammie on a daily basis to help me focus on achieving the
daily personal goals that I had established before chemotherapy
made me too weak to function on an efficient basis. There were days
when the rigors of chemo made it difficult for me to complete a
spoken thought. No matter how dark and endless the days seemed in
January-March 2006, the knickers of Tsammie, Royal, their sons and
daughters and nephews and nieces got me through. It was the dedication
and devotion of Tom, Kelly, Brian, and Steve, who kept me engaged
with constant contact and encouragement that made the confusion
and depression bearable. For an unimaginable length of time it seemed
as though cancer was a maze that provided no visible end and no
sunlight at the end of the dreary, dense, dark challenge.
What
Tsammie, Tom, Kelly, Brian, and Steve have taught me is that joy
is a state of mind that I can choose or reject. Nevertheless, I
greet each and every medical development that provides hope of eradicating
cancer as a personal triumph. I really can't predict my own outcome,
but I can choose to savor the positive developments and enjoy the
sunlight with people and animals who exude love, encouragement,
and positive outcomes and help me to set and reach the goals I undertake.
