In a time when all seemed lost and the emotional pain was unbearable. I remind myself of what I learned many years ago. "If you grab onto a small piece of HOPE, no matter how small and build in it rather than all the pain you have been through. You will make it". This had saved my life then. And again when I was told I had cancer. The man who shared this with me became my best freind and he passed away with lung cancer.

Today as a relayer and I begin a new year. I remember this and that first coin we get is that small piece of hope and our team builds on it.

This year I have just stepped in as event chair, two months to Relay and I have a strong grip on that piece of HOPE, Our teams and they are great.

H.O.P.E.