Single and Searching for Him

Today we partied until everyone dropped! As I sit here and reflect on the day, the overwhelming theme is love.  50 years ago today, two people stood in front of their family and friends and vowed to love, honor, and cherish one another.  Little did they know the journey they would be taken on. The first ten years were filled with separation, war, the hardship of trying to start a family, finally getting their child, then getting another child 18 months later, to having their third child 20 months after that.  To having their family complete. They were filled with love. The next 20 years were filed with adventure.  From family vacations across the country, to a trip to Disneyworld, to time spent together, to laughter, to epic fights, to moving to a new house, to games played, to time spent together, to time cherished.  They were filled with  love. The last 20 years have been filled with children moving away, children moving back, sacrifices so that all...

As some of you know, I have decided to run a half marathon before I am 40.   Since that is 6 months from today, (eek!) I don't have much time left.  So I have been training to do this.  Some days, I have a great run and feel energized!  Some days, I struggle.   I have discovered that running is mainly mental.  If you can get your focus on what it needs to be, the run is inspiring.  If not, it is painful. Today's goal was 5 miles (10k in one month!!!).  I woke up and got dressed and went to the park I like to run in.  It has paved pathways and a lot of shade.  I had some technical difficulties at first with my music, but soon got into the groove.  It was good for a little bit, but the humidity this morning made it hard to breathe.  Then I got to a downhill part and had a great song on my playlist, I was getting into the "runner's space".  I was almost halfway through.   I started my second loop around.  It...