Hawaiian Supermom

There is a sweet lady who works at the front desk at my dentist’s office and as we’re talking about sports, she hands out some ribbons that read: BOSTON STRONG.  “Would you like to wear these?” She asks.  My mind shifts back to last year’s Boston Marathon, where 3 innocent young people: Krystle Marie Campbell, Lu Lingzi, and Martin William Richard died, and 264 were injured– including 8 children. This was the year that two men were accused of acts of terrorism and I immediately tell her, “oh my God, yes! Thank you!”

Even though I am not a marathon runner (yet), I proudly pin one on myself and on my kids (the ones who would let me.)

Come to find out, she was scheduled to race in it.  My family and I wished her good luck on the way out but I couldn’t stop thinking about how amazing it is to want to run in something that was filled with tragedy only a year before.  To people like her, running in this particular marathon is like telling all who are evil in this world, “hell no, we won’t be scared– together we will continue to do what we love, we will live, we will conquer, and you are not going to stop us.”  I like that.

So then I’m reading about the Boston Marathon because it’s on my mind and it’s what’s trending and I come across this video of a woman named Katherine Switzer. I’m not going to spoil it, but I will say that she is my hero of the day. Oh and before you watch it, I just wanted to add: to all you Boston Marathon runners that are completing the race: good luck, and may peace be the journey!