{"id":1028,"date":"2011-06-05T14:10:03","date_gmt":"2011-06-05T14:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catinaanderson.com\/photography\/?p=1028"},"modified":"2011-06-05T14:14:28","modified_gmt":"2011-06-05T14:14:28","slug":"a-sea-of-hope-the-2011-komen-global-race-for-the-cure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/catinaanderson.com\/photography\/a-sea-of-hope-the-2011-komen-global-race-for-the-cure\/","title":{"rendered":"A Sea of Hope | The 2011 Komen Global Race for the Cure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday morning I stood atop a platform on the National Mall in Washington D.C. looking out over a sea of pink and white. \u00a0Gathered together for the 2011 Komen Global Race for the Cure was a multitude of hope as far as the eye could see. \u00a0This was after the runners had already left the mall and after the walkers had been passing through the starting line for at least 5 minutes &#8211; and still there were just hundreds and hundreds of people. \u00a0I want to say I read somewhere the official numbers were around 40,000 people attending which included over 3500 survivors.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of people gathered together for a common purpose.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1036\" title=\"IMG_7281\" src=\"http:\/\/catinaanderson.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_72812.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/catinaanderson.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_72812.jpg 900w, http:\/\/catinaanderson.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_72812-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/catinaanderson.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_72812-327x218.jpg 327w, http:\/\/catinaanderson.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_72812-291x194.jpg 291w, http:\/\/catinaanderson.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_72812-299x199.jpg 299w, http:\/\/catinaanderson.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_72812-301x200.jpg 301w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">In hope<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">In remembrance<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">In celebration<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">With joy<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">With purpose<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1030\" title=\"IMG_7302\" src=\"http:\/\/catinaanderson.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7302.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"http:\/\/catinaanderson.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7302.jpg 600w, http:\/\/catinaanderson.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7302-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Every year, the minute I step foot onto the mall and see the sea of white and pink shirts<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I just cry<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And I&#8217;m not a cryer&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">But I have to fight back the tears.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Because it&#8217;s overwhelming to be surrounded by so much love in one place.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I feel so blessed to be able to share this outpouring of love with my young daughters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1031\" title=\"IMG_7315\" src=\"http:\/\/catinaanderson.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7315.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"http:\/\/catinaanderson.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7315.jpg 600w, http:\/\/catinaanderson.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_7315-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday morning I stood atop a platform on the National Mall in Washington D.C. looking out over a sea of pink and white. \u00a0Gathered together for the 2011 Komen Global Race for the Cure was a multitude of hope as far as the eye could see. \u00a0This was after the runners had already left the 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