Arthritis Walk 2011

This year my niece Monique and I walked for the first time in the Arthritis Walk 2011 in honor of my mom and her Oma.

It was a wonderful, inspirational and fun morning.

Monique and I started at the front so we could walk fast, and by fast I mean fast for me.

I was one step behind her the whole time.

Times have changed - she used to follow me, and she used to be shorter than me.

Oma and Opa watched the walkers go by - Oma with her arthritis, Opa with the remnants of the flu.

We walked with the Chris, another fast walker and former triathlete. Lupus put a kabash on that level of athleticism for her. Nonetheless, her looks and walk belie the constraints of lupus.

And then there is after the walk. HOTDOGS - let the summer begin!!!

The Little People entertained the walkers and even kissed the Oma, as did the big black hawk.

And the final entertainment was done by these rather handsome Chicago police men and their dog. All pleasing to the eye!

I want a dog!

It was a good day - ha-ya!