I have not added to the blog in awhile. I leave next week for Paris. I have tried to get ready for a half marathon before and never followed through. This time I followed the whole schedule because I had a bigger purpose. I am running for the people I care and love that made it or did not make it. My Dad passed away of Leukemia. He was a rock solid forward thinking person in his day. He would say to me, "Bari, your grandfather had the gift, I have the gift but you really have the gift." What he was talking about was the gift to do something with your life. I am blessed with this special person who challenges my thinking in my life say to me...(you are reading this and you know who you are-S :) "How many nice hotels can you stay in? It is the adventure that makes it great." This man not only is on one adventure after another, he uses his resources and time to impact people for the better. I take note of what he does and admire his fortitude to get it done without letting any barriers get in his way. That is what my Dad was talking about He did not even know I was pondering his statement as we were eating lunch in a whole in the wall restaurant, but it is true. Why not have an adventure and make a difference at the same time. I get to run for my baby who has to constantly get checked because of her age and the depth of the melanoma, and cut to keep the cancer from coming back. At 19 she has six scars and we are going back for another recheck before she leaves for Australia. So...it feels really good to challenge yourself and make a difference at the same time.
Summer is Coming..I have resources on this blog. NO TANNING BOOTHS AT ALL. NO LAYING OUT WITHOUT PROTECTION. Melanoma is one of the fastest moving cancers. Please... read the information. I don't know a word of French, but I do know that if you are nice to other's they will be nice back to you. So I am relying on that to get me through..take care.
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