It is Easter. He has Risen.
Sunrise service, yes. Mexicana Easter, sadly no. Ash would continue our tradition with Tom’s Jersey family this year. Only fair. The East Coast Wilps are MOVING, building a beachside retirement home on Florida’s Atlantic. Tom’s last childhood home visit. Life’s meant to be lived – for ALL generations.
We as parents not required to stay feet-planted, caretakers of old homes past. Congrats Steve & Beth!
Early wakes Sunday, my second Easter Sunrise. This season, short 20-minute drive to the Boulder Rez. BEAUTIFUL morning. Laid-back, beach chair/blanket atmosphere. Cross planted at water’s edge. PEACEFUL Lutheran celebration. Day centered on our Creator, His resurrection – & this year, no SNOW.
Daybreak DINER breakfast. Comfort food chosen to replace 5 years of Mexicana past. No tears, change is good. Ash will be back next year. Helps appreciate what ya have/time shared. PLUS, LOVE LOVE a good diner. Dig the buzz of old-timers/diner stool regulars. Heavy grub, FULL belly. Hour nap likely 💤
Diner MEMORIES. Weeklies of Alice, Flo & Vera serving chili (& kissing GRITS) @ Mel’s 😊
Happy Easter y’all. He is Risen ✞
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- Trinity Lutheran, Boulder
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- Easter SUNRISE
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- beach chair/blanket atmosphere
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- He is Risen ✞
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- resurrection celebration
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- post-sunrise DINER treat
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- holiday sleepover
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- CT Easter gifting
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- card from Mom ❤️
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- Mexicana Easter in Jersey
Boulder Rez Easter Sunrise
Happy Easter, Grandma ❤️
Marriage. Babies. First home.
Family vacations. Family funerals. Kid graduations. Father of the Bride. Retirement.
Stages we share with friends – BESTIES whom we closely confide, share laughter, life events, our ups & downs.
First to RETIRE. Stephen. Thirty years of bosses, budgets, job titles, office changes, annual reviews, Thursday pints-after-work – then blink, it’s all over. Luckily, I’m at the tail-end of my peer group. August birthday, last to turn 18. Trend’s continued whole life.
When am I old enough to buy a house? When should I be getting married? Decisions seemed so ‘grown-up’ – then somehow, one day – YOU’RE the grown-up, YOU’RE the uncle, YOU’RE the one sending cash on birthdays & graduations. Time warp.
Stephen’s party started my own wheels turning. Retirement. What will MY next chapter look like? What’s after retirement? And when? 10 years, 15 years?
Luckily, notta question for Stephen. Guy’s been FILLING his dance card. Candlepin bowling. Community chorus. Crafty to-do project I’ve been vowed to secrecy – AND a role in this year’s Palm Sunday celebration: ‘Jesus the Dreamer’ at South Church in Concord. Name printed in the program & everything. Completely legit.
Retirement reflection. Step ONE. Pay off the house. FIVE years.
Think it, dream it, say it out loud (and hopefully, win the lottery – HA!)
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- Welcome to New Hampshire
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- South Church, Concord
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- Jesus the Dreamer ♫
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- love as HE did †
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- Sanctus Deus
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- candlepin BOWLING 🎳
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- no spare, no strike – tough, unforgiving new sport
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- first CONE of 2019
Retirement Lunch
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- Concord’s Common Man
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- CONGRATS! 🎉
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- Ashley & Dan
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- cousin Patricia
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- Cobb salad 🍴
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- first to RETIRE
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- SIBLINGS 👪
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- Joanna & Harding
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- Schofield Clan ❤️
‘Jesus the Dreamer’
“Dogs do speak, but only to those who know how to listen” – Orhan Pamuk
dig a good Reuben ❤️
March 2019 update: After marathoning 63 consecutive months, the streak ‘lived or died’ on March 30th. Wise words from Dave Bell haunted me all week: ‘never schedule your marathon last week of a month.’ STRESSFUL lesson learned. Had Saturday’s all-day RAIN EVENT included lightning, the buck would have stopped in Carmel, Indiana. Yikes! Too close for comfort.
Dave Bell? The guy who’s streaking ahead of me – by 8 FULL years. All hail the Chief.
February/March training miles met, but no progress on past sins.
Little too late? Memorial Day is comin’ fast!
Next month: Italy 🍝 🇮🇹 Eat, eat, eat!
Race ReCap: 3 medals, 1 DNF. Arkansas, Arizona & Indiana. 4 states shy of all 50 😊
Marathoning Streak: 64 months; EVERY month, FIVE+ years.
Mileage ReCap: ended March at 1675 miles (only 605 miles to GO!)
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- ended March at 1675 miles
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- my postcard journey
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- Mile 1675: Winslow, AZ
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- niece & nephew holidaying in sunny Dominican Republic
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- dog MODEL 🌟
Marathon Calendar:
- 04/07/2019 Milano Marathon (Milan, ITALY)
- 04/27/2019 Frisco Railroad 50k (Willard, Missouri)
- 05/05/2019 Eau Claire Marathon (Eau Claire, Wisconsin)
- 05/17/2019 Nutmeg State Marathon (Hartford, Connecticut)
- 05/19/2019 Colfax Marathon (Denver, Colorado)
- 05/26/2019 Rocky Mountain 50k (Laramie, Wyoming)
- 06/02/2019 Deadwood Mickleson Trail Marathon (Deadwood, South Dakota)
- 06/15/2019 Big Horn Ultra (Dayton, Wyoming)
- 06/28/2019 Black Hills 50k (Sturgis, South Dakota)
