Archive for June 26, 2010
Public Service Announcement: American Cancer Society Relay For Life Meeting
by Margarita Mercure Hibbs
Please come to the meeting scheduled on Sunday, this weekend at 3pm is in the Town Council Conference Room. We will have an update on current teams, fundraisers and general information and logistics to share. Please come with your questions and ideas.
A light meal will be provided and the meeting is usually less than 2 hours.
I wanted to remind you that this year’s American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life – Estancia Valley is going to be August 6th and 7th of this summer and will be held in Arthur Park, Estancia, New Mexico. As you know, Margarita’s Gallery has been a proud sponsor for 3 years and this will be our 4th year. I hope that you all will please consider this incredible cause in your schedule of activities and definitely donate to this worthy cause. Contact me at 505-384-3131 or 505-705-9526 or Brenda Smythe at 505-705-5445. Brenda is my Co-Chair and will be next year’s Event Chair, God willing.
Remember that we can now register online as participants, team or sponsors at:
I Have Had Enough, This Is War!
by Margarita Mercure Hibbs
This week crossed a line inside of me that I will no longer accept. Too many friends and family of mine have been touched by Cancer and I have had enough. To say that I am a conundrum of emotion is too mild. I am angry, frustrated, grief stricken and sick of Cancer marking the lives of people I love, and frankly, even people I don’t know. I am not a star or celebrity. I am only a woman, mother, wife, daughter, sister, friend and artist, but I have a voice and a heart for this cause and I am hoping that friends and strangers will help in any way that they can.
This week there was a straw that got thrown on this back of mine. This pile of straw has been pressing upon me since my mother’s diagnosis of breast cancer. In reality, the first straw hit me when I was very little and we were visiting my Aunt Marie and Uncle Archie and my only slightly older cousin was dying from Cancer. He was only five. He left behind his twin, my cousin Charles or Chuckie as we called him, a sister Yvette and a younger brother Arthur. The grief was always palpable and solid, raw and painful. Even at that age, I sensed the insanity and frustration of a disease that knows no boundaries, knows no decency. This disease does not discriminate on the basis of race, age, religious affiliation, financial status or sex. »» I Have Had Enough, This Is War!