Our sweet LaLa did an incredible thing this past weekend. She ran her first Half Marathon. LaLa has been training so hard and working toward this for a really long time. She even ran the hills of Vermont on our family vacation. She has endured pain, emotional highs and lows, hours of sweat and now PRIDE. We couldn't be prouder of LaLa. You know Daren is a really proud brother to wake up at 5 in the morning to be at the starting line. We got to see Lashelle run from the starting line down the first big stretch. We all high fived and shed some tears. Then, we caught up with her again at around mile 9. We won't mention that we had just stopped for a bite to eat. Pops then dropped the girls off to meet us and form Team LaLa. We got to see Lashelle run the home stretch with our family so proud of Lashelle. It was amazing! It was inspiring! She became one of my personal heroes that day. I always knew her strength and power, but she showed her courage and will power too. I will never forget that day. I will never forget how proud we are of Lashelle. We love you, Lashelle, and we are so proud of you! As we were snuggling last night with Claire, she said to me "Mommy, can I run one of those races with LaLa and Mommy someday...later?" You made quite an impression on my sweet little girl, Lashelle. And who knows, maybe someday, we can all run one together?!
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| This is Lashelle right at the start making the first long run |
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| This is Lashelle at mile 9 (Does anyone notice that she is still smiling?) |
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| This is the home stretch!! We were all crying so much and Lashelle was grinning from ear to ear. It was magical! |
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| This is minutes after Lashelle broke her personal goal of running under 3 hours!!! |
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| Team LaLa |
Our sweet LaLa did an incredible thing this past weekend. She ran her first Half Marathon. LaLa has been training so hard and working toward this for a really long time. She even ran the hills of Vermont on our family vacation. She has endured pain, emotional highs and lows, hours of sweat and now PRIDE. We couldn't be prouder of LaLa. You know Daren is a really proud brother to wake up at 5 in the morning to be at the starting line. We got to see Lashelle run from the starting line down the first big stretch. We all high fived and shed some tears. Then, we caught up with her again at around mile 9. We won't mention that we had just stopped for a bite to eat. Pops then dropped the girls off to meet us and form Team LaLa. We got to see Lashelle run the home stretch with our family so proud of Lashelle. It was amazing! It was inspiring! She became one of my personal heroes that day. I always knew her strength and power, but she showed her courage and will power too. I will never forget that day. I will never forget how proud we are of Lashelle. We love you, Lashelle, and we are so proud of you! As we were snuggling last night with Claire, she said to me "Mommy, can I run one of those races with LaLa and Mommy someday...later?" You made quite an impression on my sweet little girl, Lashelle. And who knows, maybe someday, we can all run one together?!
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