5:15 the alarm went off. I hadn't slept much anyway because you know when you have to be up early, you wake up several times during the night anyway. My good friend Loree pulls up at 6:00 a.m. and helps me load up the car. We drive to Coors field and start to volunteer at the Out of Darkness Walk.
What an amazing support group we had there. We had close to 70 people sign up to be part of our team and then we had lots of little ones that didn't need to be signed up. We probably had around 60 to 70 there walking for Kami and to bring awareness to suicide. There were 303 teams and about 3000 walkers. Team Remember Kami was asked to lead the walk because we had the most sign up. We actually caught up to the walkers when we did the first lap because there were so many people. It was pretty awesome to see that many people.
Saw lots of tears and lots of support for people. I was telling the person next to me at the volunteer check in table, her name was Emily. I was telling her that when my brother committed suicide 20 years ago, people didn't talk about it. It was a taboo subject. We talked about the need for therapy and support and how important it is to do events like this so that we can prevent others from having to lose their loved ones.
We let these butterflies go that had been in little boxes. One of the butterflies walked with Joseph the whole time and stayed on his shoulder. Another butterfly landed on one of our teams pants during the walk and she was shaking her leg to get it off and it flew over to Kami's baby picture and hung on. I believe Kami was there today. She knows we miss her. Kami if you knew how much of an impact you made on everyone, would you still have gone?
Please ask for help if you are feeling depressed. Don't make other's go through this. Being a survivor sucks and no one wants to be part of our club.....
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