Death brings us together to share our memories and grieve, death brings us together to laugh, to cry and to carry on with life.
Comments I heard yesterday while looking at the memory board were, "oh, there he is with his sister when they were kids", "look at that, I remember that Halloween costume", "he was doing what he loved doing", "I just can't believe he is gone", "it was so sudden".
We in blog land share our virtual lives with one another, we share training tips, we share training horror stories...
we share concerns for our children and grandchildren, we share concerns for one another when severe weather strikes us, whether it be Texas or eastern seaboard...
we share different lifestyles from Rome to Oahu, we share cooking tips from Belgium to Brisbane...
we share llama mauling, whitehead popping, speedy racers, to trashtastic topics from the Queen of Albany...
we share competitive cycling stories from Ottawa, Iowa to Queensland.
we share the excitement of someones first Iron Man to someones first try-a-try, to someones first half marathon and someones first marathon, we share!!!
We share our stories, our lives, our insecurities, our challenges and our triumphs...we share ourselves to people we may never meet, with people who we look forward to meeting and with people with whom we've met through this virtual world of ours.
It boils down to the common bond all of us have. It is the commitment to share a little bit of ourselves everyday, to laugh, to cry, to kick ass and tell someone to "bite your ass".
We share.
Thank you for that!!
and
speaking of sharing,
Look what I got yesterday in the mail!!!
Ted's Dean Karnazes 50 / 50 , the mobile book tour arrived in Canada!
Stay tuned for the information as to how you could be NEXT!!
Thanks for making me smile through the tears everyone.
Life's fun if you don't weaken,
Lily
25 comments:
Sorry to hear about the death of a friend. Thanks for sharing! :)
I like sharing my life with you, Lily. Especially when it concerns bikini waxes. ;)
((Hugs)) again, because I just feel like it.
enjoy the book, i'm almost done reading it...
and you're so right -- this virtual, blogging community is amazing... glad you've found the support you needed :)
I second Nitmos' thoughts.
I'm almost finished with Dean's book. I think you are going to like it.
Great post, Laurel. ((HUGS!))
Thinking of you sweetie.
What an awesome post (((HUGS))) again!
What a beautiful post. Amen to all of that.
We really are about so much more than just this endurance sport or that one. Aren't we?
That's why I try to give someone a smile every chance I get.
it's obviously been said before, but.....
^^^great post^^^
thanks for sharing!
:)
Great post!!!!! I couldn't agree more. I am so sorry about your friend. (hugs)
Enjoy the book!
great post....enjoy the book...I loved his ultra marathon man book because he was so introspective about why all the running and very descriptive about running the ultras.......ohh yeah very inspiring.....duhhh
choose me me... over here....me..... I gotta get that book....LOL
And we are the richer for it...
Hugs.
Ahhhhh - my book has arrived in Canada safe and sound !!! Enjoy every minute of it. I think you will enjoy it.
Again - I am so sorry about your friend.
((hugs))
Thank you for sharing with us, and sorry to hear about the loss of a friend. Hopefully, tomorrow is nicer for you.
Sharing sure helps, doesn't it! With time, it gets better. Thanks for your story.
What a nice post Lily. It brightened what has been a long and exhausting day. Thanks friend!
Great post, you said it all. I'm thinking about you!
Sorry to read about the death of a friend. May the good memories carry you forward.
Beautiful post Laurel. Hope you're healing.
I love this post! It is so true. We share everything...sometimes things that we don't share with other people in our lives.
Enjoy the book. Keep smiling.
Love and hugs.
Great post, vitual buds are the best!
Laurel - you always find beautiful words to tell things like they are. The simple things, the ordinary things we take for granted. Thanks so much.
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