Day 2: The Remembrance Tent

From a distance the approach to the large white remembrance tent could be seen. Lined with smaller pup tents, each represents one of the 15 locations The 3-Day takes place. Those locations that finished the walk before us – Boston, Cleveland, Chicago – had written messages on the outside of the fabric – message addressed to those who lost their battle with breast cancer.

Approaching the big tent, the sound of soft instrumental music reached my ears. Our Detroit pup tent was inside the larger white remembrance tent offering mourners the chance to express themselves. Along with the opportunity to sign the white pup tent, journals lay out on a table containing more messages of grief. Photos line the walls, including birth and death dates, of women who walked The 3-Day before – 1987 to 2006 is just too few years for any one soul. I pray the names of all the women in my family are never written in these places.