From Deborah:

The Size of our Brave:  The Video of the First Ever Climb out of the Darkness

We’re making a video, my friends, of this historic event.  This Climb out of the Darkness, this Climb around the World, this Climb out of the closet of shame into the arms of friends we didn’t even know we had.  Katherine had a great idea for a theme song for the video … Sara Bareilles’ Brave (video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUQsqBqxoR4).  I have to confess that I’m not as cool at Katherine and had never even heard of Sara Bareilles but instantly fell in love with the song.  So get out there on Friday, Saturday or whenever you do your Climb and show us how big your brave is!

If you have an iPhone or an Android or some other gadget that takes quick videos, please take a short (no more than 20 or 30 seconds!!!) clip in the horizontal/sideways mode of yourself and anyone who is Climbing with you at your Climb.  You can then email the video to me at Deborah.rimmler@gmail.com.  In the video we want you to tell us who you are, and why you are climbing and why what we’re all doing is brave.

Let’s make a rockin’ video to celebrate all of our Climbs and to inspire our fellow Warrior Moms who are still on the trails to wellness.  No shadows winning around here ladies!

Brave 

You can be amazing
You can turn a phrase into a weapon or a drug
You can be the outcast
Or be the backlash of somebody’s lack of love
Or you can start speaking up
Nothing’s gonna hurt you the way that words do
And they settle ‘neath your skin
Kept on the inside and no sunlight
Sometimes a shadow wins
But I wonder what would happen if you

Say what you wanna say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave

With what you want to say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave

I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I wanna see you be brave

I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I wanna see you be brave

Everybody’s been there, everybody’s been stared down
By the enemy
Fallen for the fear and done some disappearing
Bow down to the mighty
Don’t run, stop holding your tongue
Maybe there’s a way out of the cage where you live
Maybe one of these days you can let the light in
Show me how big your brave is

Say what you wanna say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave

With what you want to say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave

Innocence, your history of silence
Won’t do you any good
Did you think it would?
Let your words be anything but empty
Why don’t you tell them the truth?

Say what you wanna say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave

With what you want to say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave

I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I wanna see you be brave