RUNRGRL is trying to fix what has become broken needs to either let 43 things go or get back into it
Sometimes....
9 months ago
Words just fail me.
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RUNRGRL is trying to fix what has become broken needs to either let 43 things go or get back into it
One Match
18 months ago
Maybe, just maybe, one day I will get that call and be told my bone marrow is a match for someone in need. It would be a true honor.
RUNRGRL is trying to fix what has become broken needs to either let 43 things go or get back into it
Sadness
18 months ago
A long time ago I came across a goal on 43Things “Pray for Alexa” and there began my attachment to this amazing little girl. Alexa was bravely fighting Stage IV Neroblastoma. She overcame some amazing odds and gave her family the gift of time as they gratefully celebrated another Christmas together, knowing very well it might be their last. I wasn’t prepared for just how much I could fall in love with a little girl who I never had the opportunity to meet. I came home from my family reunion and logged onto her Caring Bridge Site. I steadied myself for the news and yet it still came as a shock. As strange as it may sound considering I never met her, I am still reeling from the news. My husband had left to take my niece and her friend home and came home to find me with mascara running down my face and I could barely get the words out. Naturally I think of my own children and it hits far too close to home. So I hold them a little tighter, love them better, cherish the moment and remember how precious and fragile life can be sometimes. As I was going through my daughters closet today and taking out some things she’d outgrown I imagined the grief and pain Alexa’s Mom must feel when she gazes upon her daughters empty room and her princess outfits that she’ll never wear again. There is an ache in my heart and my throat hurts from the cry that is often ready to escape again as my thoughts turn to her and the unimaginable grief and heartache of her family.
RUNRGRL is trying to fix what has become broken needs to either let 43 things go or get back into it
The Environment
2 years ago
I have to admit I haven’t always been as friendly to the Environment as I could be, in fact I am sure I have a lot of work yet to be done. However in recent years I have made some improvements, most notably I have been Recycling for the last year. I know that’s late in life but I am focusing on the fact I am doing my part NOW. If only everyone else would get in line. Now one thing I’ve never been known to do is just throw my trash wherever, whenever and when I see this happening I am filled with disgust and honestly it makes me sad as well.
Just the other day I was at a red light and watched the motorist in front of me open his car door, and no kidding, deposit his trash on the road! What the hell! I uselessly muttered words of anger in the confines of my vehicle and was tempted to honk on my horn and yell “Hey pick up your trash!” But for the safety of myself and my children I resisted. Then tonight I pulled up to our local convenience store and spotted a mound of trash left in the parking stall beside me. Someone had obviously removed it from their car and just left it there in a heap. Expressing disgust to no one in particular I picked up the trash and put in the Garbage Bin just a few feet away. I just want to know what makes people do this, I’ll never understand.
Like I said, I am by no means the MOST environmentally friendly person and I know I need to both inform myself more about what I can be doing/changing but at least I am make making an effort and not being totally disrespectful.
Rant…done!
