10th Annual Walk for Women's Wellness

“Do not spend your life daydreaming about health. Dream big, start small and live your dreams. And you will heal.” - Darina Stoyanova

Last Saturday, my bestie and I walked at the 10th Annual Walk for Women’s Wellness sponsored by Delnor Hospital. This was actually our first time participating, and we had such a wonderful time. There was a crisp, fall chill in the air, and the excitement of all the people around us was breathtaking.

We were fashioning our matching pink Delnor t-shirts, had our walking shoes tied tight, and the pedometers were set. The 5-mile walk started at Gunnar Anderson Park in Geneva and from there went through Batavia, and then back around the Fox River Bicycle Trail. The conversation and time my bestie and I had was time I will remember forever. As we were chatting and laughing, sharing stories of both old and new, we were doing it all in the name of an amazing cause. We were doing it for all the women we know.

We walked for the wellness of our mothers, sisters, grandmothers, aunts, cousins, friends, close acquaintances, even the smiling faces we have only met while passing by. My bestie and I were walking for the health of all those women and more. The gratification of that was simply, overwhelming.

Henry David Thoreau once said, “An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.” My bestie and I look forward to attending the 11th Annual Walk for Women’s Wellness next year. It has proven to be a few hours out of life where we can be surrounded by happy hearts, all out making a difference in the lives of themselves and of others. And by the grace of God, that is a morning blessing that I could get used to.  Sweet dreams!

xox - Sweet Pea