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Monday, December 17
An amazing few days.
Friday the news from Connecticut was too tragic and horrendous to comprehend. It left us all asking why? I can't comprehend what it must be like for the parents and families and the community. To have been one of the first responders and experience seeing such a heart wrenching scene must have been horrible. I prayed for all of them and for the souls lost. I said a prayer of thanksgiving that my sons and their families were safe. It was my sincere pleasure to work as a teacher's aide and a substitute in an elementary school. No such horror happened in Erwin. I pray it never does. Like most of our country Friday night was a restless night. The thoughts of those precious children and the adults killed by such violence kept creeping into my mind.
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Saturday morning I was scheduled to participate in the St. Petersburg Color Run. I dressed as Rudolph. 10,000 people participated in this crazy 5K race to raise money for charity. I think the event did everyone good. Not only were funds raised but smiles appeared as people young and old found themselves transformed into walking, talking, laughing, dancing in the street, rainbows.
Today I was given the opportunity to help a woman who has dementia and is currently being moved into a special Memory Care section of an extended living nursing home. It felt good to be helpful. It also felt emotional. Marian will likely never return to her double-wide home again. She is blessed that they took things from her home and set-up her room with familiar treasures. It is hoped it will make her feel more at home.
I had a fun, fantastic conversation with my son Tom tonight and received a text from my son Jim. I recognize and don't take this blessing for granted.
This has been an amazing few days. Friday's violence remains incomprehensible. Saturday participation in a 5K color run for charity proved that exercise can be fun. It proved you don't have to be in shape to complete a 5K race. It proved that it is more fun to wear a wig to protect your hair than when you wear one because you are bald from chemo. It proved that f you wear antlers and a red nose you will leave smiles in their wake. Today was proof positive of what I already knew: when I hear from my sons I become jubilant and when you do something to help someone else you get more from the experience than you ever give. As a new week is about to begin I will continue my prayers and be grateful for all the blessings and lessons in my life.
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