10 K

Hello!              

As some of you, or all of you, or maybe none of you might know, in two days I will be running a 10k. Pretty ridiculous if you know me... because I'm not a big runner. But, I'm doing it nonetheless. I'm not ready for it, my training is almost nonexistent aside from a few short runs and lots of long walks, but you know.. I'm okay with that. I'm not running to win or make a record time for myself... considering it's my first race, I'm just going to be happy with however I do. I'm going to try my best, but I know I'm going to end up walking a lot of it. Let's be honest...

I will ALWAYS be thankful for my sisters

I've been mulling over a homily from Father Mike... the words he said, that are stuck in my head are:
Your body is worth love, but not worth worship, your body is worth Sacrifice. He ended his homily by asking us to sacrifice time out of our weekend for Jesus and for others.

A big selling point of this 10k that I'm running is that each runner is to bring canned goods to donate for those who are in need. I'm going to sacrifice a few hours on Wednesday evening to collect canned goods for the run. I'm going to sacrifice some time out of the busy weekend of friends and family and go to Church and pray. I'm going to take this holiday about giving and gratitude and do what I can to give to those in need and be grateful to the Lord for the wonderful things he's given me-- food, shelter, a family and many friends.

I hope you'll take this holiday to be thankful for everything you have, and make a point to give to others who are less fortunate.

Always,
H.Eilene