This little letter was given to me courtesy of one

Johanna Shepherd...

it's a crazy letter from a crazy person...

but I laughed!!!

My name is Megloaf and I am DRAMA! I love turkey drumsticks and flaming pears glazed with alcohol free bourbon. I stand face to face with danger, there isn't a fire alarm available that can make me run from a building, fire or not!!! Run from me fire, extinguish yourself, spare yourself. I am a pear, to fill out britches is my specialty. Do massages work? Not on narrow shoulders, birdlike shoulder blades. CAW. These make up me, Megloaf Extraordinaire who favors flip flops to show off my shorty toes.

Race For the Cure 2011

I run for hope

I run to feel

I run for the truth for all that is real

I run for MY MOTHER

your sister

you wife

I run for you and me my friend

I RUN FOR LIFE!!!

Those words sum up why every year I choose to participate in the Race for the Cure.

And why I will continue to do so.

(check out the song here...... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgiwrvEX8wY )

Every year I am reminded just how lucky I am to have my mom. It seems that every year someone touches my heart in a different way. This year it was a little girl who could not have been much older than Allysa. She was sitting in a wagon playing with a doll. On the side of her wagon was a sign that read "I race in loving memory of my Grandma". I realized how easily Allysa could be participating in memory of rather than in celebration of her Nonnie.

So hug those around you a little tighter,

speak words of kindness,

find and experience love, and once you do...don't let go of, don't be afraid of it,

Forgive those that have hurt you,

let those you love know just how much you love them.

Because tomorrow is guaranteed for no one.

I'm so blessed to have my mom in my life.
She is the ultimate example of love, and strength and faith.

Here are some pictures from the Race