Today could not have been a more beautiful day. It was warm; the sun was shining and the streets of Boston were filled with happy, smiling, friendly people. Our team, the Purple Bandits, came in a very respectable 2nd place in the charity scavenger hunt. From Faneuil to Fenway, we collected everything from a Build-a-Bear heart, a lobster shell, a 7-11 cardboard coffee sleeve, a Hilton room key, four Three Wiseman shots, a completed Census, to a team picture with a wedding party. One of the things that we collected, this Livestrong bracelet, stands out the most. As Lauren (Penalba) was showing the list to a stranger sitting next to her on the T, he noticed "Livestrong bracelet - 100 points" on the list. He reluctantly lifted his sleeve to reveal the yellow rubber bracelet. "I've worn this every day for the last 5 years," he told us. But putting trust in us, complete strangers, he took off the bracelet and handed it to Lauren as we promised to mail it back to him. As trivial as this interaction may seem, it felt bigger. Here we were, running frantically around the city as part of a fundraiser for cancer research. He obviously wore this bracelet every day for some personal reason. He gave it to us in support of our personal cause and it reminded me that we are all in this fight together.
Now that I think about this more, it was such a selfless thing for him to do. I can imagine the symbolic attachment he must feel to that bracelet. It's so unbelievably kind of him to give it up. We MUST send it back to him.
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Ugh!!! Why does my name say Corey! It's Simie/Lauren!!!
ReplyDeleteHa! I was SHOCKED when I got the notification that "Corey Desmarais" commented on my post! The bracelet is making his way back to him now. Time to pay it forward!
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