‘I am happy that I ran the half-marathon, but to me, just running and saying that I finished a race isn’t enough for me. I want to run the race as best as I can. Working out for pants size isn’t enough. I need a goal or a race to get back on the treadmill…
October 19: Warm-up run
‘Taking care of your mental and physical health is just as important as any career move or responsibility.’ – Mireille Guiliano With the decline of my Dad’s health, and his disappearance into his own world with the deepening of his dementia, I read up as much as I could about dementia and mental health issues.…
October 18: Happy 80th Dad
‘A grateful heart is a beginning of greatness. It is an expression of humility. It is a foundation for the development of such virtues as prayer, faith, courage, contentment, happiness, love, and well-being.’ – James E. Faust Working in a church has certain advantages and privileges, including a place for prayer. So, on my way…
October 17: Beautiful flowers
‘True love doesn’t happen right away; it’s an ever-growing process. It develops after you’ve gone through many ups and downs, when you’ve suffered together, cried together, laughed together.’ – Ricardo Montalban The beautiful flowers are true love for you. I arrived home from work today to this beautiful arrangement on my table….in perfect fall colors…
October 16: Real fall weather
‘There is a harmony in autumn, and a luster in its sky, which through the summer is not heard or seen, as if it could not be, as if it had not been!’ – Percy Bysshe Shelley Since Riley and I usually take the same routes at least every second day, we capture the changing…