<p>My daughter Joanne has been doing the Race For Life with her friend Lesley for a few years now, but this year&nbsp;I decided to join them!&nbsp; My decision to do the race is because&nbsp;I realised that my own daughter is one of the lucky ones.&nbsp; Joanne discovered a lump in her breast and had surgery to remove it, fortunately it was benign&nbsp;but Joanne&nbsp;took a reaction during the surgery and developed painful keloid scarring which even steroid injections couldn't heal.&nbsp; She will always be in some pain and discomfort, but this is a reminder that she is&nbsp;one of the lucky ones, and that is why she races and tries to raise funds for Breast&nbsp;Cancer.... and why&nbsp;I am so proud of her.</p> <p>My God-daughter Rebecca has also decided to join us this year as&nbsp;she lost her gran Jessie to cancer recently.&nbsp;Cancer affects so many peoples lives and I have a long list of names that&nbsp;I could run in memory of, but this year&nbsp;I am running in memory of my friend Alison's mum and dad. &nbsp;Alison lost both her parents to cancer and that is too much for anyone.</p> <p>So Alison, my thoughts will be with you on the day,&nbsp; in memory of your mum and dad&nbsp; Meg and Clif Hewitt.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>