Appointment in Honeygrove

Feeling some anxiety about riding across the country to meet up with folks I've never met, LOL, I went for a day-long ride today. Today was the perfect day to head out and stay out for awhile. I headed for my favorite diner via 60 miles of backroads. Once fed and rested, I wasn't done. When thinking about the route home I decided to go out farther before turning the front wheel towards home. Ever seen my "Bugtussle, Texas" pic? Well that's where I headed, about 20 miles farther north. I knew it was a ghost town, or a ghost building in this case, so I planned a pit stop at the only gas station in the nearest current town to Bugtussle, Honeygrove. Inside I found a fellow biker who engaged me in bike talk. I invited him to Ride for Breast Cancer, but no soap. I said my good-byes and headed out the door to reunite with the bike. In the parking lot a man approached me asking about the Ride for Breast Cancer he had heard me speak of inside. As we talked, he shared that he lost his wife to aggressive breast cancer 2 months ago. We talked more. I finally asked him for her name so that she could ride with me on the Ride. Since I could not find a pen, I always have one, we walked to his truck. He took 2 of my Conga cards, one to keep and one to write Diane's full name on. I shook his hand, thanked him and hastened to the bike. I pulled the helmet on, slammed the face shield down and burst into tears. I had a divine appointment in Honeygrove with a man named David, whom I'd never met. David if you are reading this, Diane's name in your handwriting will be riding in a safe place on the bike all the way to Cheyenne and all the way home. Thank you for taking the effort to stop me and talk a bit. I will never forget our meeting.

U.S. Donations on the website

There's been a bit of confusion about Flo's site and U.S. donations. I can assure you that on her website for the Conga you can find the link for U.S. donations which go to the National Breast Cancer Foundation here in the states by clicking the American Flag. When she set up the web page, she contacted me requesting the link to the donation site set up on FB. That is the link you find when you scroll over the American Flag on http://gowitheflo.com
Flo is a great gal of high integrity who strives to get it right. She's doing a fantastic job of it. My hat is off to her. With that link on there we can all go to one site for info, links, and updates. When you see her, hug her neck and thank her for doing a great job of keeping us all together!

All donations go the National Breast Cancer Foundation

Every donation goes to the National Breast Cancer Foundation. We pay our own road expenses. We ride on our own dime. That way we are assured that every donation goes to the cause. The online donation link is on the right side of this blog. Those donations go directly to NBCF, which is 501(c)3. That makes it a tax deductible charitable donation. Your money is not diverted into a fund to be distributed. It goes straight to NBCF.

We do this because we love to ride and we want to make a positive difference in kicking cancer ass in this generation! Help restore hope for the future.

TRC

Survivors are finding healing in the Conga III

The Conga takes on it’s own life. One thing really does lead to another. I sitting here watching the last half of closing ceremonies because of the time change. I had to work tonight so I thought I’d missed them.

For the past year or so I’ve worked a part-time job as a server at a local restaurant to assist me through the lean times. Tonight was a light night so it was just me and another server. He and I were discussing a fair way to divvy up the customers and in walks two older couples. He looked at me and said, “You wanna go first?” I took off with a ticket book in my apron. These were really nice folks. Now since I’d been riding today, I was wearing my Conga II-Reunion t-shirt. They were very interested in my motorcycle riding. That lead to talk about the Conga III Ride for Breast Cancer. One of the ladies looked up at me and said, “I’m a breast cancer survivor and I’m very interested in making a donation. How would I do that?” I sat down with her and talked for a few minutes. I showed her my Conga III Ride for Breasts fob which was hanging from the belt-loop on my jeans and said, “There are people all over this country and Canada who love and care about you and your health.” She smiled. She smiled a smile which was unlike any other I’ve seen. It was a smile of warmth, grace, and survivorship. I shared our “saying” with her and she LOVED it! I invited her to my Launch on July 4th at Stroker’s.

It's awesome how God has used Flo's simple quest to get home with a new bike into a hope-filled ride of healing and love.

Thanks, Flo-bee.