To my 2 guardian angel marines .. ooh rahh
Day 4 of our over 180 mile run from cape may to holmdel. Yesterday was my brothers mile....riley and brennan are in the video w the flags
I don't even know what to say about today. The past 2 days I had the honor and privilege of running with some pretty amazing people. The New Jersey Run for the Fallen is a 190 mile run that is off the coast of New Jersey stopping at every mile dedicating it to a fallen soldier. This year I got to participate in two of the days. Running for my brother is always amazing and emotional but watching these Runners and how they genuinely care about every single soldier that they run for is amazing. What a lot of people don't even know it while you're running they read a bio of the soldier that they're running for so they know who they're running for what that person was about and what kind of a person they were it's so inspirational and I'm so happy that I was a part of it again. My back is killing me my ankle is shot from all the training for the marathon but I wouldn't have missed these two days for the world thank you New Jersey Run for the Fallen for everything you do
The innocence of a child ....my son telling me last night that he had bought yellow flowers for me and my mom....yellow flowers signafies my brother ...and have become so meanigful to me....11 years ago tomorrow we lost my very best friend ...an amazing friend brother son and soldier. Tomorrow will be spent remembering and celebrating my brothers life...
I experienced something truly amazing this weekend. I was blessed to be a part of the NJ run for the fallen a run honor those soldiers who died on active duty like my very best friend my brother. Yesterday I got to see this group first hand and how amazing they were to me. Today I decided to run the last part of the run with them and other gold star family members. I watched a mother who's son had died run the last 5 miles with us as she proudly ran with her sons flag. You will here the army soldier calling cadence yell mama I got u...he was talking to her. Her drive and determination to do this for her son brought me to tears during the run. As gold star families we all miss our soldiers so much but somehow running this run seeing the brotherhood it made,me feel like I was "home" I miss my brother every second of everyday he's was the absolute light of my life and doing this today and yesterday was an honor. I'm tired my back n knee are killing me (after I ran marathon my running days were limited) but every single step with these people honoring these soldiers was my honor.
My back is shot knees killing me butcthis,is most amazing thing I've ever done. Crying entire way. Love u feb...
I honestly have no words for the New Jersey run for the fallen what an amazing organization from the second I got there I was treated like family by all the other gold star families and everyone having to do with this organization the marathon was an amazing experience but I don't know that anything can ever top this from the amazing men that I ran with to the guy that help me video to the young man that carry my brothers flag every single one of them was amazing it was such an emotional day for me but it was truly a wonderful experience and thank you to some very special people that surprise me at my brothers mile marker and drove all the way down from New York thank you it meant the world to me
"Your soul mate might be down here" go jersey shore...truer words...seems fitting his mile that I will run in less than a month during the NJ run for the fallen happens to be down there. So honored to run...especially during such an important week that week
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My love of roller coaster stems from my little,bro...my brother the bad as ferris wheel rider...he just got off a coaster before this. Whish we could ride nitro feb...he is talking about his take on one night stands :)