everyone.....

"everyone is a soul, searching for hope and connection. everyone wants to be loved-

to be wanted, to be missed. EVERYONE."

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{found here and written by one of my favorite bloggers}

it's cloudy and cool today and they're calling for rain this afternoon. 

in other words, it's one of those "stay in the house, put on your fuzzy clothes that aren't allowed out in public, listen to the heat kick on and off, organize your junk drawer, try to find the top of your desk 

and drink numerous cups of tea" days. anybody with me ?

this past weekend, our daughter flew to her best friends house in virginia, so they could run their first half marathon together.

the last five miles it rained and it was only 57 degrees out, but still she came in with a time of 2:19:06

and i am so proud of her. in her age group she placed 34th out of 91 participants and overall, she placed 1395 out of 2270 finishers. her best friend finished just a tiny bit behind her. to both of them, i raise my cup of tea and give them a huge congratulations.

as always, i find loads of inspiration from other blogs. today i'm sharing this one and this one with you, because really, who doesn't need a daily dose of inspiration of some "new" kind.

 oh and one more thing...happy birthday sweet friend. i love you.

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