Saturday night we joined Team Taylor and participated in a special walk. Team Taylor was created to raise money and support for Cameron Taylor, a second grader at Adamsville, who has bone cancer. Team Taylor had over 200 walkers including the TVHS football team, lots of TV teachers, and numerous community members.
Team Taylor members supported Cameron by wearing a yellow ribbon.
There was a record number of particpants this year. All 850 runners and walkers had to be bused to Rosecrans High School from the library. There was only two buses transporting people. Therefore, we waited two hours before starting the walk. Maddie and Ty were well behaved considering the circumstances. At some point before the walk Ty was in Braxton's stroller.
So Brax had to sit in Ty's stroller. Brax was a little frustrated with Maddie. She played photographer for a while but was holding the camera backwards. Maddie wouldn't listen to Brax who was trying to tell her how to hold the camera. They were hitting each other and then Brax tried to bite Maddie. Then Maddie kept putting her hand in front of him trying to get him to bite her again! At least she doesn't just tease her brother!
The runners began the Y-City mile first and then the walkers were let loose. Somehow we got right behind the runners and took off. It was an awesome view in front of us. Chris and Nate thought we were walking too fast. They wanted to know if this is how fast we always walk when we go for walks! Actually, we walk faster, they were slowing us down!
Then Chris told us to look behind us. Wow, there were tons of people behind us!
We finished the walk in just under 15 minutes. Chris and Nate "drafted" off Tiff and I the entire race. Then, with about 30 feet left they sprinted to the finish line, so they could beat their wives!
It is really amazing how people pull together in hard times. We were proud to be part of Team Taylor and will keep Cameron in our prayers as he continues to receive chemo treatments. He is scheduled to have a mid-thigh amputation on September 13th.
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