"Go Team Grandma Helene!" "Go Team Grandma Helene!" chanted my niece and nephew with every step my out-of-breath mom took as she raced along the 3K Tubbs Romp to Stomp out Breast Cancer Snowshoe. That crisp, sunny morning, my mother, Helene, a breast cancer survivor who is currently battling lung cancer, strapped on snowshoes for the first time in her life.
"These are pretty cool," she said, tapping them together fascinated with their sleek, lightweight design. "They're not what I expected." She envisioned wooden slabs with leather mesh. Give her a break; she lives in the Sunshine State and doesn't see much snow.
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