All The Wild Things

So, we were in Portland for marathon weekend, and I was happy to be the cheering person  ( I can't bring myself to say cheerleader, sorry cheer friends I still love you) I did however, have a pretty awesome moment myself. We were out to dinner in Portland at a fabulous restaurant when I spotted across the room  Ann Voskamp. You should know who she is but if you don't, she's the author of One Thousand Gifts and the blog A Holy Experience. Her book was the first I read that completely changed my outlook on life and really started the transformation personally and spiritually over the next two years. I've written about it here and here .  Her blogs have brought me to tears on numerous occasions. Even if you haven't read her book, her blog is worth following.  Anyhoo, I spotted her and after some nudging I headed out with Amy to meet her. We shook hands, chatted about why we were in Portland (she was there for Women of Faith that day) and I shared with her how much h

Three years ago my husband ran his first marathon.  It was in Portland, Oregon and it was soaking wet.  A downpour to rival all downpours the entire time. It never rains on marathon weekend.  Except that year, and his first year ever. He and our friend Shawn trained and ran together. Miserable and soaking wet and did awesome. This past weekend, they did it again along with Shawn's wife Amy, one of my close friends. It was sunny and perfect and they all rocked it. Last time I was 19 weeks pregnant with the twins and we brought Jack along (stupid stupid stupid) This time we all left our kids in the hands of our families and reveled in the weekend together! Amy ran all of my long runs with me, which nicely enough were about half the distance of her long runs so I would join her on the second half and we'd both get them in! She ran my half with me two weeks ago as her training run. She totally rocked the marathon. I'm so proud of her! She trained hard and followed the plan! The