Okay I'll be honest, I've always been alone in my Lyme Awareness fight..I mean I had a few people I would tell to wear green and to raise awareness but I never made much progress. This year however, wow is all I can say.
One of my best friends managed to make a Lime Green Day at the home school group I graduated from. I had several friends all wearing green just for me that day, and many more wearing green just to support the cause. I helped my friend make posters about what Lyme disease is, how it's contracted, famous people who have it, what it does to the body, and why is such a big deal. I went to the school that day and worked the snack table(which I occasionally do because it's only a few minutes from work), people were actually reading the posters! I mean groups weren't gathered around I awe or anything wild like that. But people were taking notice. One friend printed off an article online and passed it out to people from the snack table. This is an article I wish everyone could see. It certainly turned some heads, but I didn't get to watch to many people read it. Most openwws it and read the title and kept walking down the hall away from where I was sitting. But we certainly got some information out and people took notice of what we were saying. All of my family members came wearing green that day, my mom even had her nails painted bright green! I don't remember them ever doing anything like this before. But my friends have gotten the ball rolling better than j have.
On another day, May 1st actually so the beginning of Lyme awareness month, I was met some of my friends at a school gathering. The same friend I just mentioned and my other best friend were wearing green for me. They both took pictures with me and I posted them for people to see, I even sent them to my grandparents just to show them what great friends I have. My best girl friend and my best guy friend came to see me wearing green just for me. Both of these friends know about what all I've been through in fair detail. My guy friend probably knows the most out of anyone, I share anything and everything with him. I share almost as much with my girl-friend as I do my guy friend, but she's gets upset and the both of us being upset when something is going on just doesn't work LOL.
I can honestly say this too, I forgot to purposely wear green May 1st. I just happened to wear a green shirt that day. So my friends had this all planned out, and I was lost in space to it! My girl-Friend actually had to meet me at work to get a picture with me, I had to leave the gathering to get back to work before I could get a picture. But she did it, she went out of her way to get a picture to post on social media about Lyme awerensss.
I wish everyone could have as great friends as I have. These two people keep me sane. My guy friend texted me a picture of his sister wearing bright green today, he said she's wearing green today just for me. Again I was just so shocked at how much they have reached out to me.
Later on this month I plan on having a group come over to watch Under Our Skin. I've told my friends about it and they all seem interested. I just need to make the time to make it happen. It's free on amazon instant video so I don't even have an excuse not to share it!
And lastly I've been wearing my Lyme Awareness shirts every chance possible. I ordered my two friends shirts that say "I wear green for my friend who fights Lyme" and they came in today. I hope to see them soon so they can wear them. So now all three of us can be wearing green and they'll be supporting me raising awareness.
