My Healthy Kids

Earlier this week I was rocking Luke to sleep and listening to Katelyn and Jeff play while she took a bath. I was multi-tasking and reading an email from a high school classmate whose daughter is battling cancer. Growing up in Peoria I have also been drawn to the St. Jude Run. Our neighbor who Cheryl lived with in high school has been involved for a long time. As I was reading the update about Tess, I decided that this was the year. I am not going to start with the Memphis to Peoria run which is a long time goal but I am going to do the Dunlap to Peoria Run. The total run is 30 miles but you run in 1-3 mile increments and pretty much run as much or as little as you want as long as you raise money for St. Jude. I am blessed to have two healthy kids but when you listen to the St. Jude stories you know that can change in an instant.

So down the road you will probably be hearing from me to help support St. Jude. Also check with me on my progress to get back into running so I am ready on August 7th to make the run. I am really excited. I have a number of people who are interested in running as well so hopefully we will have a good group running and keeping each other supported and motivated during our training.