Hello everyone! Thank you for visiting my fundraising page! I've decided to do something to help raise money for Lupus. So in November I will be running in the ING NYC marathon.

The main reason I have decided to run is because my daughters Grandmother ( Grandma Mali) has Lupus. She was diagnosed with Severe Systemic Lupus in 2004, but it wasn't until later that we discovered what effects this disease can really  have on ones body. She was hospitalized in 2008 with a Lupus Flare up and her Nervous System Shut down so much she was put on a ventilator. There she fought for her life for over 7 months. I would never want to see her in a hospital again, for some time no one knew if she would make it to the next day, now a year later she walks, she talks, she fights the disease. Since I am not a  Doctor or a Scientist, I decided the best way to help her is to run to raise money for the LUPUS Foundation so that one day we can find a cure for the disease.

I hope that everyone can  help me raise money, and head out there during the marathon to help root us on! Let's do it for Grandma Mali!!!

Many thanks for your support -- and don't forget to forward this to anyone who you think might want to donate too!