Do you ever find that you have to be in a certain mood to get that perfect blog post from the confines of your brain through to your fingertips and on to your computer where it will be saved and archived and read by possible generations of people? Me neither. Ok, I do, and Im sad to say to the throngs of readers out there, past, present and future, today is not one of those days. However, since its been a month and the pictures are continuing to pile up, Im posting them now. Even if Im not so good with the saying of the things with the words right now.
First and foremost, the title of this post and the following two pictures: our Ginger run. A group of family and friends of Ginger Dee Zierenberg Clinton ran the Agoura Great Race in memory of our great friend. She ran it last year and was so happy to have finished it and especially under her goal time. I was so lucky to have been able to run it this year and as you can see from the second picture it was a beautiful sea of red for Ginger, her favorite color. Thanks to my running buddies who made it very fun and very memorable.
On to Easter-
Which was very low key this year but still and always a lot of fun. There was the Ward Easter egg hunt, our family egg hunt, and the cousins egg hunt. Dont worry I decided to spare my kids the cavities and sugar high by eating a lot of the candy myself. That's me, always so self sacrificing.
Now the part of this blog post I have been dreading the most. And although it still bring me to tears and my heart still hurts its a good way for me to tell those of you who dont know her all about a very good friend of mine. Natalie Paxman was one of the most wonderful women you could ever meet, she was kind and sincere, loving and sweet, thoughtful and caring. She was without a doubt in my mind, the most incredible mother. I visit taught Natalie every month for 2 years and whenever I would leave her home I was the one who had been uplifted with a resolve to be better, to be like Natalie was. I know she had her struggles but she rarely showed it, what she showed was concern for others. She would lose herself and her troubles in service and love to others. I also played Bunco with her every month for the last 3 years, and as you watched her you saw that everyone in that room was her best friend. She made everyone feel wanted, needed and loved. We had been out on dates with she and her husband Todd, and she was an amazing wife who cared for her husband and family above all else. I miss her so much, I wish I had been able to see her and talk to her and tell her how inspirational she was, and is, to me. I love you Natalie.
