Hi everyone !!!
I just wanted to take a minute to let you all know that I love and appreciate each one of you who follow my little blog, and just 'check in' from time to time !!! You guys are the best !!!
I needed to let you guys know that I won't be posting here for a while....I just found out my little girl needs surgery, and it's going to be a long road with a long recovery :( Needless to say, that is where my "focus" will be for a while.....any and all prayers would be appreciated !!! I am going to build her a blog, so that I can keep everyone updated throughout her surgery & recovery, and I will come back to post the link to that blog when it's ready. In the meantime, if you are on Facebook, please free to visit her page there, just search Mia's Miracles and it should come right up for you !!!!
Thank you in advance for your love, support & prayers !!!! ;)
Whatever your priority may be, remember to stay focused & celebrate everything !!!!
With my heart !!! xoxo
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Sunday, April 17, 2011
oh alright, let's talk about the 5k !!! ;)
Well, clearly everyone can see I survived, if I'm typing to you now !!!! LOL....I'm going to kinda tell you about it, and be very truthful. Please keep in mind that this comes from someone who has never done anything like this before, and had NO idea what I was getting myself into !!! lol Don't get me wrong...it was good !!! And, I will do another one.....just not until I am realistically in MUCH better shape and more prepared !!! Now, I know.
Throughout my story, I'll include "tips" for you...things I learned, just to help you when your time comes !!! ;)
TIP #1: never, EVER put a pair of shoes on your feet for the first time, and 10 minutes later, do a 5K in them !! This was a serious mistake people !!!!!! Here it is the next day, and I still need others to tell me that my feet are still attached !! lol....I have no clue, since I haven't felt them since around 5:00 last night !!! ;) Have good shoes, that are well broken in, and that you know support your ankles, arches, toes, butt, ears and whatever else you need them to !!!!!! lol ;)
Ok, so, I arrive with my "new" little shoes on (thanks to my Mom for lending them to me!! :), my husband and daughter in tow, and my "in much better shape" teammates ready to go !!! I'm very proud of them by the way....they did a phenominal job !!! ;) We get our packets....pin a number to the front of my shirt, do some stretching.....I kiss my husband and my little girl, and we line up to start. Guy says "GO", and seriously, you'd have thought there was a trip to Hawaii or something at the end....these people took off !!!! lol....and, I let them !!! ;)
The first half mile.....not too bad !!! Not really too winded....no soreness....I was good !!! One, teammate who I will never truly convey my complete gratitude too, stayed with me....through the whole thing !!! Encouraging me every step of the way !!!! TIP #2: Have someone who can and will walk with you the whole way !!! Someone whom you can encourage and can encourage you !!! I can NOT tell you how important encouragement is along the way !!! Every step of the way !!!!
Somewhere around the 2 mile mark, I was greeted by the Grim Reaper, and pretty much knew I was screwed !!! It's amazing how you can go from "I'm good....I'm moving"....to, "I'm such an IDIOT !!!! What was I thinking", and "I can't feel anything from the waist down !!!"....this, my friends, is where the 'rubber hit the road' so to speak....where character meets determination....where "will" meets pain.....where you find out so very, very much about yourself. Your mile marker might be different. You may hit it at mile 1 or mile 3, but the first time you do something like this, you will in fact hit it !!!! TIP #3: be ready to hit it !!!! For me, it became very personal. I didn't want to quit !!! With my teammate Mark saying, "we got this...not much farther"....I kept moving. Just passed the 2 mile mark was a sweet, sweet policman on traffic duty....as he stopped traffic for me to cross the street, he said, (I must have looked REALLY bad at this point!!!LOL), "you've got this !!!"...I smiled, and through my panting said, "Oh no, I haven't come this far to not let my husband and my daughter see me finish....NOT gonna happen!".....he said, "You got it, Mamma....they're waiting for you, go get them !!!! A few kind and supportive words from a stranger, and I continued on.
TIP #4: WATER IS YOUR BEST FRIEND !!!! Little side note, no one told me and therefore I never expected that I would swell !!! Oh yeah !!!! Be sure to take off your rings BEFORE you start !!!! Half way through, and I barely, and I mean barely got them off !!! Very painful....drink your water !!!!!
When I was about 500 ft. from the finish line....I was hit with a wave of emotion...my mind was tired, my body was tired, my spirit was weak. I started getting very depressed. I knew that of the 424 runners that started with me, I was the last one. Like, the police car that's assigned to follow the back of the line...rode 3 miles an hour beside me. He was sweet, tried to help, but I was so discouraged. I kept thinking how I had failed my husband and my daughter, and how ashamed they were going to be of me. I pictured myself trying to find them in the sea of people, because they were hiding of embarrassment. And yet, I knew I had to finish. As I came over this tiny hill, at about 300ft. from the finish line.....I looked up, and who did I see ??? Oh yeah, My Michael and My Mia !!!!! I saw Michael bend down to the stroller and say something to Mia, and then they both started clapping and cheering....., "Go Mommy" !!! In that instant, my mind was clear, my body was silent, and my spirit was renewed !!! And, I started to cry. They didn't care at all that I was last...they truly didn't !!! They don't focus on what I can't do.....THEY LOVE ME !!!! They support me, and they are there for me no matter what !!!!!! It became so clear, how they make up for what lacks within me, and that because of them, I am complete. It just so happened, that the last cop I saw....the one who stopped traffic for me to cross over to my Michael and my Mia, was my brother Shelby. Shelby looked at me from the middle of street, and watched me cross with such 'pride' on his face...and while I couldn't speak to him at that moment, he said, "You've got this, baby....You're almost there....I love you".
I crossed over to my Michael and my Mia, and they walked almost the rest of the way with me. Just before the finish line, my Michael said, "I'm gonna break off here, and meet you on the other side, so that you can finish what you started.".....and, I did. Last of 424, in 65 minutes, but the important thing is that I did in fact "finish what I started".
I learned some things along the way. I learned that while I have always believed and known that God loves me, that, yesterday, I was incredibly aware of that love, and I FELT how much He believes in me !!! I learned that while lots of people want to see you succeed and do well, very few are willing to sacrifice their own success to walk it step by step with you. I learned that strangers can be some of kindest, and most supportive people in your life, if you let them. I learned that when all is said and done....when 423 people were over celebrating and didn't even know if the last person had crossed the finish line....that 2 people....my husband and my daughter waited for me. With such pride of their faces....they waited.....they cheered....they walked with me, and they celebrated me !!!!! I was all that mattered to them, and they were genuinely proud of me. I learned that I am stronger and more determined than I give myself credit for. I learned that I can do anything I put my mind to. I learned that you can to.
TIP #5: a doughnut afterwards is God's way of saying "well done" !! lol....actually, they were giving us doughnuts and carbs to replenish with....the fact that it was a Krispy Kreme...yeah, all God !!!! ;)
TIP #6: Warm up well before, and move after....even if it's just for a few minutes....MOVE AFTERWARDS !!! Collapsing on a bench and begging for death....big mistake !!! Do a 'cool down'.
When all is said and done, it was good. It was worth it...not so much because of how it strengthened my body, but because of how it strengthened my spirit !! I have better insight to what matters and what doesn't....who is always there for me, how I second guess myself, and how I can silence that voice so as to hear the cheers from those who love me.
I highly recommend that everyone do at least one thing of this sort at some point in their life !!!!
So, dead last.....in record time of 65 minutes....I did it !!! ;) I finished, and I'm celebrating !!!!
Remember, be kind to yourself and others...stay focused, and CELEBRATE EVERYTHING !!!!!!!!!
xoxoxoxox
With my heart,
Mamma !! ;)
Throughout my story, I'll include "tips" for you...things I learned, just to help you when your time comes !!! ;)
TIP #1: never, EVER put a pair of shoes on your feet for the first time, and 10 minutes later, do a 5K in them !! This was a serious mistake people !!!!!! Here it is the next day, and I still need others to tell me that my feet are still attached !! lol....I have no clue, since I haven't felt them since around 5:00 last night !!! ;) Have good shoes, that are well broken in, and that you know support your ankles, arches, toes, butt, ears and whatever else you need them to !!!!!! lol ;)
Ok, so, I arrive with my "new" little shoes on (thanks to my Mom for lending them to me!! :), my husband and daughter in tow, and my "in much better shape" teammates ready to go !!! I'm very proud of them by the way....they did a phenominal job !!! ;) We get our packets....pin a number to the front of my shirt, do some stretching.....I kiss my husband and my little girl, and we line up to start. Guy says "GO", and seriously, you'd have thought there was a trip to Hawaii or something at the end....these people took off !!!! lol....and, I let them !!! ;)
The first half mile.....not too bad !!! Not really too winded....no soreness....I was good !!! One, teammate who I will never truly convey my complete gratitude too, stayed with me....through the whole thing !!! Encouraging me every step of the way !!!! TIP #2: Have someone who can and will walk with you the whole way !!! Someone whom you can encourage and can encourage you !!! I can NOT tell you how important encouragement is along the way !!! Every step of the way !!!!
Somewhere around the 2 mile mark, I was greeted by the Grim Reaper, and pretty much knew I was screwed !!! It's amazing how you can go from "I'm good....I'm moving"....to, "I'm such an IDIOT !!!! What was I thinking", and "I can't feel anything from the waist down !!!"....this, my friends, is where the 'rubber hit the road' so to speak....where character meets determination....where "will" meets pain.....where you find out so very, very much about yourself. Your mile marker might be different. You may hit it at mile 1 or mile 3, but the first time you do something like this, you will in fact hit it !!!! TIP #3: be ready to hit it !!!! For me, it became very personal. I didn't want to quit !!! With my teammate Mark saying, "we got this...not much farther"....I kept moving. Just passed the 2 mile mark was a sweet, sweet policman on traffic duty....as he stopped traffic for me to cross the street, he said, (I must have looked REALLY bad at this point!!!LOL), "you've got this !!!"...I smiled, and through my panting said, "Oh no, I haven't come this far to not let my husband and my daughter see me finish....NOT gonna happen!".....he said, "You got it, Mamma....they're waiting for you, go get them !!!! A few kind and supportive words from a stranger, and I continued on.
TIP #4: WATER IS YOUR BEST FRIEND !!!! Little side note, no one told me and therefore I never expected that I would swell !!! Oh yeah !!!! Be sure to take off your rings BEFORE you start !!!! Half way through, and I barely, and I mean barely got them off !!! Very painful....drink your water !!!!!
When I was about 500 ft. from the finish line....I was hit with a wave of emotion...my mind was tired, my body was tired, my spirit was weak. I started getting very depressed. I knew that of the 424 runners that started with me, I was the last one. Like, the police car that's assigned to follow the back of the line...rode 3 miles an hour beside me. He was sweet, tried to help, but I was so discouraged. I kept thinking how I had failed my husband and my daughter, and how ashamed they were going to be of me. I pictured myself trying to find them in the sea of people, because they were hiding of embarrassment. And yet, I knew I had to finish. As I came over this tiny hill, at about 300ft. from the finish line.....I looked up, and who did I see ??? Oh yeah, My Michael and My Mia !!!!! I saw Michael bend down to the stroller and say something to Mia, and then they both started clapping and cheering....., "Go Mommy" !!! In that instant, my mind was clear, my body was silent, and my spirit was renewed !!! And, I started to cry. They didn't care at all that I was last...they truly didn't !!! They don't focus on what I can't do.....THEY LOVE ME !!!! They support me, and they are there for me no matter what !!!!!! It became so clear, how they make up for what lacks within me, and that because of them, I am complete. It just so happened, that the last cop I saw....the one who stopped traffic for me to cross over to my Michael and my Mia, was my brother Shelby. Shelby looked at me from the middle of street, and watched me cross with such 'pride' on his face...and while I couldn't speak to him at that moment, he said, "You've got this, baby....You're almost there....I love you".
I crossed over to my Michael and my Mia, and they walked almost the rest of the way with me. Just before the finish line, my Michael said, "I'm gonna break off here, and meet you on the other side, so that you can finish what you started.".....and, I did. Last of 424, in 65 minutes, but the important thing is that I did in fact "finish what I started".
I learned some things along the way. I learned that while I have always believed and known that God loves me, that, yesterday, I was incredibly aware of that love, and I FELT how much He believes in me !!! I learned that while lots of people want to see you succeed and do well, very few are willing to sacrifice their own success to walk it step by step with you. I learned that strangers can be some of kindest, and most supportive people in your life, if you let them. I learned that when all is said and done....when 423 people were over celebrating and didn't even know if the last person had crossed the finish line....that 2 people....my husband and my daughter waited for me. With such pride of their faces....they waited.....they cheered....they walked with me, and they celebrated me !!!!! I was all that mattered to them, and they were genuinely proud of me. I learned that I am stronger and more determined than I give myself credit for. I learned that I can do anything I put my mind to. I learned that you can to.
TIP #5: a doughnut afterwards is God's way of saying "well done" !! lol....actually, they were giving us doughnuts and carbs to replenish with....the fact that it was a Krispy Kreme...yeah, all God !!!! ;)
TIP #6: Warm up well before, and move after....even if it's just for a few minutes....MOVE AFTERWARDS !!! Collapsing on a bench and begging for death....big mistake !!! Do a 'cool down'.
When all is said and done, it was good. It was worth it...not so much because of how it strengthened my body, but because of how it strengthened my spirit !! I have better insight to what matters and what doesn't....who is always there for me, how I second guess myself, and how I can silence that voice so as to hear the cheers from those who love me.
I highly recommend that everyone do at least one thing of this sort at some point in their life !!!!
So, dead last.....in record time of 65 minutes....I did it !!! ;) I finished, and I'm celebrating !!!!
Remember, be kind to yourself and others...stay focused, and CELEBRATE EVERYTHING !!!!!!!!!
xoxoxoxox
With my heart,
Mamma !! ;)
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Clearly I have lost my mind....
Yep, it's official...mind is gone !! lol
I shall now tell you my newest story, and will change the names to protect the "guilty as hell" !!! LOL
A dear, dear angelic friend of mine, whom I love so very, very much.... (inserting name change) "Wiz" as I have chosen to call her...LOL....calls me one day recently and tells me that I'm doing a 5K !!! I said, "oh good for you"....she says "and you....you're doing it with me !!"....clearly she's insane as well !!! LOL
So, after a good 20 minutes of going back and forth, I cave, and tell "Wiz" that I'll be there !!! She really can be very persuasive with that wonderful "can do" attitude of hers !!! And so, there ya go....apparently, I'm doing a 5K !!! LOL....this should be good !!!!!
Now, one thing that you all should know....is that "big" girls....and (sorry guys)...I'm talking about those of us with "DDD"'s.....yeah....we don't run.....ANYWHERE !!!! Not even to the snack bar or all you can eat buffet....there's just way too much pain involved !!! So...me and my "stride rites" will be walking it !!!! Don't look for record times here people....unless you plan to tell me they'll be a cannoli waiting for me at the finish line !!!!
Either way....I think I'm kind of excited !!! Nervous, but excited !!! And, I want to thank my dear "Wiz" for having faith in me, even when I don't have much faith in myself for such things !!! ;)
If anyone is in the McDonough area and wants to join us, it's Saturday, April 16th, from 4pm-7pm....and I'll be bringing my own oxygen !!!! ;)
Run for the Bun
I shall now tell you my newest story, and will change the names to protect the "guilty as hell" !!! LOL
A dear, dear angelic friend of mine, whom I love so very, very much.... (inserting name change) "Wiz" as I have chosen to call her...LOL....calls me one day recently and tells me that I'm doing a 5K !!! I said, "oh good for you"....she says "and you....you're doing it with me !!"....clearly she's insane as well !!! LOL
So, after a good 20 minutes of going back and forth, I cave, and tell "Wiz" that I'll be there !!! She really can be very persuasive with that wonderful "can do" attitude of hers !!! And so, there ya go....apparently, I'm doing a 5K !!! LOL....this should be good !!!!!
Now, one thing that you all should know....is that "big" girls....and (sorry guys)...I'm talking about those of us with "DDD"'s.....yeah....we don't run.....ANYWHERE !!!! Not even to the snack bar or all you can eat buffet....there's just way too much pain involved !!! So...me and my "stride rites" will be walking it !!!! Don't look for record times here people....unless you plan to tell me they'll be a cannoli waiting for me at the finish line !!!!
Either way....I think I'm kind of excited !!! Nervous, but excited !!! And, I want to thank my dear "Wiz" for having faith in me, even when I don't have much faith in myself for such things !!! ;)
If anyone is in the McDonough area and wants to join us, it's Saturday, April 16th, from 4pm-7pm....and I'll be bringing my own oxygen !!!! ;)
Run for the BunClick the pic to go to the Facebook Event page for more info !! ;)
Once again.....stay focused, celebrate everything, and pray for me !!!!! lol
xoxoxo
Once again.....stay focused, celebrate everything, and pray for me !!!!! lol
xoxoxo
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