Heroes of the Day
- Apr 26, 2015
- 2 min read
It has been over 24 hours since 759 super heroes got together in the name of fighting ALS. I'm still trying to wrap my head around just the number of people that were there. The love and support that was on display is truly awesome and inspirational. Kati and I truly appreciate the support not only from those who where there, but from those that couldn't be there and sent messages of support, and those that organized their own walk (or bar crawl?).
I'll admit that I haven't be entirely comfortable with the thought of me being a hero. To me, heroes are the men and women of the armed forces, or the police, or firefighters. The people that are willing to go out and protect people that they may never even meet. I'm just a son/husband/father who has ALS. To me, the heroes are the people who donated our awesome raffle and auction items. Heroes are the people making awesome jewelry to increase ALS awareness. Heroes designed and wear rad cycling gear, the proceeds of which enabled the purchase of some pretty gnar pint glasses. Heroes are the folks that volunteered to help register, or helped collect raffle tickets, or cut the cake, and even the guys making the pizza. What I am trying to say is that there wasn't one hero at Surf Club yesterday. There was (at least) 759. And I know there are many, many more that could not be there yesterday.
Superheroes always have a bad guy. Captain America fought Red Skull and the Nazis. Batman had the Joker, and the Penguin to name a couple. Superman had Lex Luther. And as bad as those bad guys are, its hard for me to think of one that even compares to a very real evil of ALS. ALS is undefeated with no ties. I know its going to take a heck of a fight for me to beat it. But what I also know is that I am not in this fight alone. I know I've got 759+ superheroes on my side and we are going to give ALS all it can handle and then some.
From the very bottom of my heart THANK YOU ALL for jumping in this fight with me. We didn't pick this fight with ALS, but I know that together we will give it all we can handle.
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