Monday, March 23rd - 27 Days to Marathon Monday
Temp: 30 degrees
Distance: 4.5 miles
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I crossed the finish line today, just a few 4 weeks early. That doesn't quite count but it was fun to pretend to cross it anyways after my run along the still frozen Charles River. It's close enough now to Marathon Monday that I'm starting to get really fired up about making it to the finish line. It's in site!!! This week I want to honor Matty and his mom Sandra. The world lost Matty in 2007 to liver cancer. He was diagnosed when he was 4 years old. The hardest part of Matty's story for me is (a) how much he reminds me of my son in his picture below, just a sweet handsome boy with a slightly devilish little smile, and (b) that the first time he complained of stomach pains was the day after his baby brother was born. I mean, how cruel is that? As a mom to a boy I know that there's almost nothign like having a son. There's something special about it, different than the mother-daughter relationship. I am a sucker for my son, I can't help it.
Matty's mom Sandra is one of the most inspiring people I've ever met. She volunteers for Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge team. Every Saturday morning she is out on the route, dressed up in a theme that Matty would have loved. This week it was Spongebob, a few weeks ago she was a super-hero. Sandra fully admits that the pain of losing her child in such a terrible manner will never go away, but she's trying all she can to keep his memory alive and to not let it ruin her life or Matty's brother's lives. She is truly an inspiration.
I ask that you take a few minutes to read Matty's CaringBridge blog, which his mom has kept up for years after he passed away. We all need to read this, to be inspired by her courage, to remember to hug our children harder than we ever have, and to love one another during our limited time on earth. On Wednesday this week we will blow bubbles for Matty, one of his favorite things to do. Get your bubbles ready!!
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