Taisley and friends took part in Bloomington Elementary Schools mini-Relay for Life on Monday, April 20. Knowing she was going to be "running for people with cancer" really freaked our little 7-year-old out and she was hesitant to take her running shoes to school, 
until Grandpa explained that she could run for Uncle Phil who died of cancer or our friend Stan Blackett who is currently in treatment for cancer. At that point, she asked Grandpa to set up Grandma’s treadmill so she could practice and invited him to join her on the school track to run - or walk - for Uncle Phil, but she was going to walk for Stan Blackett because she really likes him and wants to help him get better! When Grandpa got to school, Taisley and her little friends had already worked up a sweat so he obliged them by spraying them down with a garden hose - probably the most memorable part of the event for her!
On the evening of the Relay for Life, Taisley really, really wanted to go down to the Hansen Stadium at Dixie State College to run in the real event. Guess who we ran into? Neal Maycock, a lean, mean running machine; Whitney's dad and a devoted best friend to Bill Miller who died in February from brain cancer.
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