I am not sure what I looked that happy when I laid down Saturday morning but I bet my feet were! After 524 laps around a concrete gym floor and a couple of dances in the middle of that.. well they HURT. I truly believe that it was caused by the constant left turning so I was pushing off on my with my right foot all night long. Either way blisters or not, I did it. I did it for my girl. I did it because if she had been there she would have limped around there with me, she would have laughed and carried on with her friends even though the turn out was not that great (the weather was a great factor... why only three out of 9 teams total showed up .. now that one is beyond me and slightly disappointing) but it is ok.. there was someone on the track all night, the teams there had someone out there and I only left it long enough to put on dry shoes after doing our Bootcamp Lap around the track (Yes Amanda, Drake and I all threw on our Bootcamp Shirts and officially did a bootcamp lap complete with rain, muddle puddles, and mud) and once to grab a bottle of water.. other than that. I didn't stop. Not even to say good bye to people.. I said if you need to hug me.. hug me while I am walking. :) The bottom line is I did it.. I did it for her this year.
I had to speak at the event that night and I don't really remember what I said, I never do! Which is unfortunately because I could be doing REALLY badly and I don't know it. I do remember that I spoke about this:
excerpt from blog post 3 years ago:
As I was laying there just aching I said to her "I don't know what I was thinking trying to walk a marathon." She replied with "Mom you didn't TRY to walk a marathon you DID walk a marathon and you were thinking about each person that you have written there on your legs."
And it was the truth, however, my mind was on my girl Friday night. I carried each person in my life that has battled or is currently battling cancer with me as I made those laps but my heart was heavy without my baby girl there. It was physically and emotionally exhausting! I was very grateful that Anita, Carolyn, Kendra, Angela, Matt, Mariah, Drake, Amanda, and a few others that I am forgetting stuck around to the very end and allowed me to finish my goal. I felt horrible after realizing they were ready to leave and were just waiting on me. Very grateful that Amanda drove home, and that I had a morning I could doze on and off, and spent the rest of my day with two of my favorite people! (I have lots of favorite people... but these two are simply part of the amazing group). Ed took Amanda and I out on the boat for a bit, then we had a nice little round of skip bo. It was relaxing, I needed relaxing!
There is other news, yesterday we traveled to Harborfest via the Melissa Ann with our friends Richard and Missy Moughan and three of the cutest kids you will ever meet. We were in the work boat races, coming in second to my very good buddy Jimmy John. De's Dad ran the race in her memory and came in first...
I had to speak at the event that night and I don't really remember what I said, I never do! Which is unfortunately because I could be doing REALLY badly and I don't know it. I do remember that I spoke about this:
excerpt from blog post 3 years ago:
As I was laying there just aching I said to her "I don't know what I was thinking trying to walk a marathon." She replied with "Mom you didn't TRY to walk a marathon you DID walk a marathon and you were thinking about each person that you have written there on your legs."
And it was the truth, however, my mind was on my girl Friday night. I carried each person in my life that has battled or is currently battling cancer with me as I made those laps but my heart was heavy without my baby girl there. It was physically and emotionally exhausting! I was very grateful that Anita, Carolyn, Kendra, Angela, Matt, Mariah, Drake, Amanda, and a few others that I am forgetting stuck around to the very end and allowed me to finish my goal. I felt horrible after realizing they were ready to leave and were just waiting on me. Very grateful that Amanda drove home, and that I had a morning I could doze on and off, and spent the rest of my day with two of my favorite people! (I have lots of favorite people... but these two are simply part of the amazing group). Ed took Amanda and I out on the boat for a bit, then we had a nice little round of skip bo. It was relaxing, I needed relaxing!
There is other news, yesterday we traveled to Harborfest via the Melissa Ann with our friends Richard and Missy Moughan and three of the cutest kids you will ever meet. We were in the work boat races, coming in second to my very good buddy Jimmy John. De's Dad ran the race in her memory and came in first...
I know she would have been proud and is singing in heaven that's my Mommy and Daddy!
De's bracelet's came in this weekend and oddly I had just enough with me to hand out to everyone on our boat and Jimmy's yesterday... I was glad I did. It was nice to look over and see them having on her Give Live Hug reminders.
All in all I guess what I am saying is it was a good weekend filled with family and friends, moments of sadness, moments of gladness, moments of OH MAN MY FEET HURT... just a well rounded weekend. I miss my girl like you would not believe, she should have been at those events and not had us have to do them in her memory, but we did and so many people love and miss her.
Maybe the money raised at the Relay will help one more parent not feel this horrible lonely ache for their child.
Today's blog post was brought to you by exhaustion by the way so if it doesn't make much sense I am sorry!
Don't forget your Deanna Hug today!
Much love
De's Mommy
De's bracelet's came in this weekend and oddly I had just enough with me to hand out to everyone on our boat and Jimmy's yesterday... I was glad I did. It was nice to look over and see them having on her Give Live Hug reminders.
All in all I guess what I am saying is it was a good weekend filled with family and friends, moments of sadness, moments of gladness, moments of OH MAN MY FEET HURT... just a well rounded weekend. I miss my girl like you would not believe, she should have been at those events and not had us have to do them in her memory, but we did and so many people love and miss her.
Maybe the money raised at the Relay will help one more parent not feel this horrible lonely ache for their child.
Today's blog post was brought to you by exhaustion by the way so if it doesn't make much sense I am sorry!
Don't forget your Deanna Hug today!
Much love
De's Mommy
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