10K from 8K...MS Walk 2010!

Team Colby had a record breaking year!




For every mile we walked, the team pulled in about $2000! For a GRAND total of about $10,350 as a team.

Our team received an honorable mention as well as earning an "Elite Team" status. No doubt we were all walking tall.



Just before the beginning of the walk Staci was given the mic and asked to give a speech to all the other walkers. There is no question that the walk is meant to be a fun experience for all to come together, but this was the time we all stopped to realize the scary side of this situation. It was the time when I personally stopped and think about how this disease looms over the people that I am walking for and how it profoundly affects their lives and the lives of the loved ones around them. So after that touch of reality, a couple of tears and big group hug, we all rallied our love and strength around our team captain and nailed this walk down with ease.






Gail and I (and the whole team) were honored to wear the official Team Colby shirts.







The team grew significantly since last year...as you can see...

















We were blessed once again with great weather that although a bit chilly standing still, it was well suited for walking.





















A great time for a good cause.

Lastly, we woudl like to extend a big THANKS to everyone that donated to the walk for Gail and I as well as on the behalf of Team Colby.

THANK YOU!

For Staci...

Together with "Team Colby", we were victorious on our 2009 Walk for MS.

Thank you again to all of you who donated!


Here is our hero, Staci, crossing the finish line.














We did the walk this past Saturday. The Gods were on our side as we had a perfect weather window and we got to enjoy the beautiful Newburyport scenery.






A great cause, a great day, spent with good friends...what else do you need?






















Gail got to reminisce a bit as she got to walk around her old stomping grounds. She lived out some of her younger years in a house here on Tyng street with Gram = )



















Personally, I did this walk with the best intentions and with all sincerity, yet it is so hard to really identify with someone else's reality. I go home and I am detached and safe in my own little world, but for others who fight this and similar afflictions, they live and fight with it everyday.




For me, the reality was in Staci’s eyes all that day. That is when it hit home for me.

I try and stop as often as possible to think what really matters to me. My boys, my wife, family and good friends…..the rest can just fall away.

To be honest I am sure I still don’t have a clue what it means to have this looming over my everyday life.

We all push around the B.S. every day of our lives and lost in the noise is the important stuff that really matters. Then we are fortunate enough to get these reminders about what really counts.

For this day anyway…..I walk with her.


We love you Staci = )

Help fight Multiple Sclerosis!

George is right--Billerica's play is definately worth seeing! There is a matinee today at 2pm and a show tonight at 7:30pm.

We have a slide show running in the lobby if you see the show--please stop by and check it out! However, George and I won't be at the matinee today--instead, we will be walking the MS Walk in Newburyport in support of a good friend of ours who is living with Multiple Sclerosis.

If you would like to make a donation to help fight MS--I have attached the link to our donation page...

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!