What a beautiful day I experienced on Patriot's day. I was able to return to Boston again and feel the beautiful spirit of the marathon through supporting my friend Andrea who flew out from Utah to run in the race. I knew I needed to be reminded of how special that race was again and I totally was.
As I was standing at mile 6 in the race and watching the Boston runners coming through I just continually felt grateful for my health, my family, my happiness, my life. So many people running with so many different reasons and stories. I teared up over and over again as I watched them pass and we cheered them on. What a great thing to witness. No one can stop this race, no one can defeat us...we are all united in heart and spirit. I felt completely a part of the race that day even though I was not running. I needed to see the joy after the tragic events of last year. My race ended for me on such a sad note. I was not really able to celebrate, and on Monday I did. I celebrated life after death, celebrated the fact that I know those who lost their lives are with God and the ones that were left behind will see them again one day and be able to embrace them again. I celebrated the runners from last year i saw running with their 2013 shirts on, running for a second time to complete their Boston. I celebrated with Andrea's family and cheered her on. She tore her ACL last winter in a skiing accident and still was able to heal and retrain starting from scratch to run in the marathon. My heart goes out to her and all the hurt and hard recovery she had to go through to complete her goal. I celebrated with my kids to let them know that we can have joy and cheer for others. I celebrated life. I saw the sun beating down...God smiling down on everyone and spreading His complete love to all. I finally experienced the rainbow after the storm. It felt amazing.
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