Karen Jones
ALEXANDRIA, La. – A lot of stories at the Komen Cenla Race for the Cure. All have their share of sadness, but some also have a bit of success. One lady in pink says she owes her strength in battling breast cancer to her daughters.
Karen Jones has never missed a Komen Cenla Race for the Cure–because that would mean missing a chance to celebrate her victory over breast cancer.
“I’m actually running because I’m celebrating,” says Jones. “I’m celebrating that I’m alive, I’m here.”
Jones has 4-and-a-half years of remission to celebrate, but she also has a message for the women who are still fighting the battle, celebrating life just one day at a time.
“I want to show other women, be an example,” she says. “Say, hey, you can make it. See, here I am. I’m here. And it’s a celebration. That’s why I’ve got my hair up today, because I’m celebrating.”
But there was a time when Jones had lost that hair to chemotherapy. But what she never lost, was hope. And she got that from her daughters.
“So that’s what got me going every day, got me through it,” Jones says. “Wanting to live for those three girls.”
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