Year 7.

It’s hard to believe this is already my seventh year — time has truly flown by. But this is the year I’ll never forget.

This year, I’m riding in memory of my mom.

For the past six years, I’ve done this ride in her honor as she fought a long and courageous battle with breast cancer. Sadly, we lost her on February 2nd. She was the strongest person I’ve ever known, and she fought every single day to spend more time with her family.

Every year, this ride pushes me to my absolute limit — I feel pain in places I never knew existed. But I keep going, because it reminds me of the strength and grace my mom showed as she endured her own pain, just to hold on to a few more precious moments with us.

This year, I want to make it count more than ever. I want to raise more than I ever have, to support research — so that fewer families have to go through what mine did. So that more people get more time. More hope. More life.

Thank you for supporting me, and for helping to carry my mom’s memory forward.