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Yay! Sharing some personal silly stuff...because I'm proud of myself. :)

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My warm-up consists of pooping, and tightening and loosening my shoe laces.

p.s. Even if it's only going to be a brisk walk, you still don't sleep well the night before. :)
No starting near the front this year.

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Preliminary results and I ended in the top 19% of my age group and top 24% of over 1400 runners. Yay!!! That was so much fun! I can't believe I did that well with a bum knee. I can't wait to do it again! 😊❤ 

March For Our Lives

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One week ago today we were doing this. 
It didn't end there.
I'm so proud of the students and participants in this event.
3,000 to 4,000 in St. Petersburg I'm told.
15,000 in Tampa.
800,000 in D.C.
Over 800 marches world wide.

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Loss

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Yesterday we found out that we lost someone extra special the night before.

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It's hard to describe the void that Sandy will leave. If you knew her just a little, you knew that she was one of the kindest people you'd ever meet. Everyone loved her. 
And she was everyone's biggest cheerleader. She was so excited for anyone's accomplishments, including her own. From her best buddy Lisa's running, to Pamela's real estate, to my photographs. And her photographs...she loved photography. She was so excited and festive about everything. 
And cooking! Sandy loved to cook. She made meals for her husband and son and any friends that were sick or injured. She would take care of people, bringing them gifts and food if they had trouble. 
She was by far the brightest spot in her store. Sandy had so many gold stars from customers contacting the store that she couldn't fit them all on her name tag. They would come in just to see her. They were all her friends. And she was even on her way to winning a company wide award for customer compliments which she was so excited about.
She loved her family and friends so much. She would cry every time she would talk about her son because she was so proud of him.
I don't know who I'm going to tease by telling her "No" every time she asked me to do something. Or who I'm going to talk to about food. Or who I'm going to share my photography stories with. Or who is going to make me laugh like that. I had deleted our texts and pictures a couple of days before to make room in my phone because I knew there'd be so many more.
I wish we could have gone out for sushi again...or anywhere again. I wish I still had some of her pictures from Disney.
Sandy's heart was so full of emotion and joy that I guess it couldn't take it any more. 
We'll miss you so much Sandy.

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Nolan's Pub 5k

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Thank you to Nolan's Pub for keeping the tradition alive and providing us with another day of green joy! :)

Thank you to everyone for working so hard to create this event for a great cause and congratulations to all of the runners! 

Images may be downloaded from Pixieset website. :)
"6 Annual Nolan's Pub FOP 43 5K Fun Run to Support Our Local Fraternal order of Police Lodge 43 and their mission to honor the Fallen Law Enforcement Officers."

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March For Our Lives

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Saturday was the March For Our Lives led by our children everywhere for gun control reform. It was amazing. Between three and four thousand in St. Pete, fifteen thousand in Tampa, eight hundred thousand in D. C. and millions around the world. After the Parkland, Florida massacre where seventeen people were shot and killed in their school the students are saying enough is enough. I believe in stricter gun laws and I lost someone I loved when she was murdered in a murder suicide a few years ago. That wound will never heal. I will have an album put together in a couple of days of images from the march.

This is for you Lynn. I miss you like crazy.

This is for you Lynn. I miss you like crazy.

Thank you for showing up.

Thank you for showing up.