Posts

Our World Needs A Cure...

-
Image
Our world needs a cure. It's been soooooo long since I've written. Running the Boston marathon for Dana Farber was such an amazing experience that I'll remember so vividly, hopefully forever.  We all have these moments that are engrained in our brain. Moments that leave us so emotional and sometimes without words, until you can find the right words to say. Words that will do the experience justice. Words that will share something special. Words that will teach someone something. We've all collected so many moments like that. And yesterday was one. We spent the day at Boston Chil dren's Hospital volunteering for the Mix 104.1 Cares For Kids Radiothon. We were asked to have this honor by our friends at the Joseph Middlemiss Big Heart Foundation. The Middlemiss' are part of the incredible family at BCH through their heartbreaking and inspiring journey with cardiomyopathy. And they continue fighting in honor of their son Joseph and for his brother Jack, every sin...
Read more

Best. Day. Ever.

-
Image
I am still on a finish line high (from the couch under a blanket).  And it's stilllllll raining. Yesterday was more than I ever thought it would be. I could never have dreamed of the amazingness. It was so much more than that. And it has taken me until this morning to really even comprehend what went down yesterday. Like WHAT the HECK went DOWN... Pure awesomeness. We started our morning with a ride into Hopkinton by Mimi & Pepere (thank you so much for making our morning easier). As I sat on the bus to the Athlete's Village I just kept hearing people buzzing around me but in my head I kept repeating, "I am on a bus to Athlete's Village, to run the Boston Marathon. I am on a bus to Athlete's Village to run the Boston Marathon" What in the heck! It literally felt like going to the Hunger Games.  I was praying the "odds would be in my favor" It was so brutally cold. It was winter. It's still winter. It's always winter in New Englan...
Read more

One Week. 7 Days. 168 Hours. 10,080 Minutes. 604,800 seconds.

-
Image
We're learning time this week in 2nd grade. How appropriate. So this is really it. I love you all. It's been real... Juuuuuuust kidding. It's going to be GREAT! I am super excited. It's a mix of emotions.  Kind of like P re M arathon S yndrome. You heard it here first.  Tapering makes one second guess every decision they make which is really fun. Is it enough? Is it too much? Is it? Or isn't it?  To be honest, I can't really believe it's a week away. That went way too fast. We just had so many days, just a few days ago and now they are almost gone! I've never wanted the week before school vacation to crawwwwwwwl until today. But ask me in 5 minutes and I'll be like GET me to HOPKINTON right now! Bring it! That's the fun thing about Pre Marathon Syndrome. You're up, you're down, you're laughing, you're crying.  Hmmmm... As I type this I'm listening to PUBLIC ENEMY and the ANNIE SOUNDTRACK. It...
Read more