Field Day at M's school for last day celebration. So, spent the day there and now home early. R&R with the Divine on the couch and then off to run late afternoon ... it's a very nice Friday.

My earliest fundraising efforts indicate that it's highly unlikely that I'll be able to raise the amount necessary to participate in the marathon. I'm going to keep training with the perspective that I can in fact make it. And any money that I do raise will still go to the lymphoma society so my commitment will not lessen, for sure. The more I get involved in this, the more I learn about the devastation this disease wreaks on not only those diagnosed but every person who loves them. There was no way to get through my cousin's high school graduation last night without thinking of the 18 year old girl in Noble whose Drs were struggling to help survive long enough to get through her own. Every speech referred to this not being the end but just the beginning for each member of the graduation class and yet ... at that moment, in Noble, a high school graduation was that young lady's finish line.

So, although it appears unlikely that I'll be able to participate in the marathon, my motivation only grows and certainly beckons me to expand my efforts.