It was a fantastic

evening though and the torrential downpour only made it more memorable.

My friend, Pat, was an Honored Hero at the walk this year. He just beat

Leukemia into remission for a second time so friends and family gathered

at Centennial Olympic Park on Saturday night to walk with Team Fitzgerald

and show our support for our friend and try to raise money to beat these

diseases once and for all. Plus, we got balloons with blinking lights

inside.

Walkers can

either walk the one mile path or the three mile path. There was no team

decision when we started the walk and when we got to the deciding point

it seemed the consensus was three miles. We went down Sweet Auburn Avenue

and saw sights that we don't see everyday. Thank God. It wasn't the nicest

neighborhood, though we had no trouble. There was a water break station

at the point where the walk turned around and headed