Sending love to Marquette & NY :)

This morning Justin and I went down to the riverfront park in East Peoria for the PKD walk. It was a beautiful, crisp fall morning and the walk was really nice. I learned a lot about PKD that I did not know before. I walked because I know how much it means to the Kimmes family - I can not imagine the strength it takes for them to get through this.



I met people who have had kidney transplants and are doing wonderful - they were there walking with their families. I also met people who were sitting on the benches along the route who were waiting for transplants and too weak to walk. It was really hard imagine what they were going through. I signed up to be an organ donor if something should happen to me. I have thought a lot about this and had feelings both ways....however after seeing how much hope a kidney brought to the Kimmes family, I would love to help multiple families get that hope in the event of a tragedy. I hope we don't ever have to worry about that, but if it happened I would want there to be a bright spot in the situation!
















Justin with the PKD bear....





















Mommy and Justin 2 miles into the walk...







All tuckered out!