Thank you to Kenny, the man who asked for my shirt, and warmed my heart, today 🙂
At the end of teaching Nia at Deer Lake Lodge today, I mentioned our annual fundraiser, St Jude.
Today is the last day for our annual Annual Fundraiser St. Jude and I was wearing my 1/2 marathon race shirt with joy.
Kenny said “I’ll donate $50 if you’ll give me that shirt”.
Oh the joy, and the giggles, as my spirit soared and I ripped off my St. Jude Race shirt without hesitation (fortunately having a jog bra underneath!].
Kenny handed me $70 and enquired “how much does that shirt actually cost?”.
My reply,
“a year of training, 2021 miles of running/ and fundraising,
a trip to vegas, $5,000 minimum,
hundreds of Friend’s support with encouragement and donations,
12 x 1st Monday Coffee events,
a clothing “giveaway”,
several classes and special events at Soma Ranch,
my husband’s support and devotion, particularly for the whole weekend the before/during/after race care (super high maintenance) and
13.1 continuous running miles”
… and then this all dissolves into
“what does this shirt cost?
love,
and what an incredible gift
to be able to give
love. ”
Thank you Kenny (and April), thank you St Jude, thank you family/friends/donors, thank you Joe and thank you God. how blessed we are to share….
Today is the last day if you’d like to share/give…
https://www.somaranch.com/news/st-jude-update-today
Thank you for being part of this grand adventure. Look! as I type we are above 150% of our goal.
As I noodle this “LOVE” I realize there are many, including:
Self LOVE
Community LOVE
Altruist LOVE
Soma LOVE
Love for health
Love for healing
Love for children
Love for killing cancer
Love for helping
Love for supporting
Love for community
Love for having and giving hope
Love for others
Love for sharing
Love for goals (dreams with destinations)
Love for Goodness in the world
Love for God
….. LOVE
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