Thirteen Days Left

There are thirteen days left until the 5K event that my husband and I dreamed up last October.
Here are 13 random facts:

1. I wish I had been a better blogger throughout this whole process. I can't believe 7 months have gone by and I have only a handful of posts about this journey. Bad Maggie, Bad.
2. People (individuals as well as companies) are STILL donating money or resources. The event is only 13 days away and these people are still giving. They're not getting a lot of advertising in return for their generocity. And yet, they still give.  This humbles me.
3. I few people have openly said that the 5K event that is only 13 days away now is going to be their very first 5K race EVER. This humbles me to no end. They believe in us, in what we're doing and why we're doing it. THESE are the kinds of people that I want to make most proud.
4. There is a core group of volunteers who work their tail feathers off to make this happen. They give and give and give.  They make me feel inadequate. They're fearless and relentless, all because they're inspired and moved. This humbles me.
5. God is using our non-profit foundation to help change a little piece of this community. I am humbled.
6. Somehow, on May 16, a symphony is going to happen. It will look like a three ring circus as we set up at 6am, but will become a symphony at 8am and at 9am it will be tear-down mess that will need sorting later.  The symphony will be worth the sorting out mess that lies ahead. I keep telling myself that, hoping it to be true.
7. At least two churches here in our small town are "all in" with this event.  One has been our main sponsor for a long long time and are doing what they can to ease the workload. Another is actually having worship out at the park to show their support for us and are buying us bagels for the event.  God is up to some serious goodness - and I'm a part of it! I'm lucky. And humbled. 
8. I have the vision, the organization abilities to delegate and schedule things, the ambition to gain information and communicate it well...   but, if I'm not getting my hands dirty, making solicitation calls or visiting with folks in person, I feel like I'm failing.  Why do I share this with you? Ah, shucks - I dunno - I guess because blogging is cheaper than therapy? 
9. Phone conversations are hard for me. Emails and texts are old hat, easy peasy. I'm a Gen X kid. Yep.
10. The book of Philippians is an amazing source of strength for me when things/conversations/meetings/to-do lists wear me out.
11. Julia has swimming lessons in June. :)  I'm sooooo looking forward to June! We're going to have a big party, and we're going to wrap things up for the "year" and we're going to dream about next year and we're going to chill on the hammock and we're going to spend lots of QT with our girls and we're gonna go to church together like, almost every week! Yay for June!
12. I worry too much about what other people think of me. I've always been this way and I've known that it's wrong, but I still do it anyway!  Again - blogging is just cheaper than going to therapy. Who has time for therapy these days anyway? 
13. I'm making a moderate change in my behavior. I'm being more intentional about my word choices, and have decided that I will TRY to no longer use the word Love for anything besides another person. (No more of OMGOSH I LOVE ICE CREAM!)  The word LIKE will suffice.

That is all. Thank you for your interest and your time. Goodnight.

OMWORD only 13 days left? Really!?!

hum·ble

 /ˈhʌmbəl, ˈʌm-/ Show Spelled [huhm-buhl, uhm-]

having a feeling of insignificance, inferiority, subservience, etc.: In the presence of so many world-famous writers I felt very humble.

In my spare time...

Anybody that knows me well knows that I like to stay busy. I feel like idle time is boring. I always have to be busy doing something...  Husby always makes fun of me because I always fall asleep to movies on "movie night" at our house.  If I'm sitting for too long, I might as well be sleeping - to get ready for the next adventure. That's the way I look at it.

So, how have I been spending my spare time lately, you might ask? (humor me)

• Rich and I are leading the creation of a non-profit foundation. This foundation is being created in honor of a friend of ours who is currently battling cancer. This non-profit will benefit the community. It is strictly volunteer-only. There will be no profiting. There are no employees.  All the time, energy, and profits are being donated.
• Our first project with/for this foundation is to put on a 5K run/walk in honor of our friend. We want to give this small town (and surrounding areas, really) the chance to show their support and love to our cancer-fighting friend.  The 5K will be in the spring of 2010, God willing.
• I'm helping a very good friend of mine spearhead the metro's only single mother's ministry group. The single moms we know went out last night - they went bowling and I was honored to watch their kiddos for the night.  It's such an honor to be a part of something that is so important, so necessary, and so much needed in the KC metro area.  The ministry is starting small and quaint, but is sure to grow into something big and beautiful.
• I'm loving this mom/wife role. I'm loving it.  I can't think of anything better, anything more rewarding or more cherishing than being the wife to my husband and the mom to my kids. I'm so lucky!
• My business is thriving. I'll be starting a newborn here in just another month or two. That's exciting and fun!  I'm lucky to be employed, but I'm blessed to be doing what I love to do anyway.... even if sometimes I tend to take it for granted and forget how stinking lucky I am.
• Our dog is becoming one of my very best friends in the whole world.  It took me a while to really bond with her. But, now that we're walking daily (running, sometimes!) we really are getting closer. She's finally learning not to be so much of a PITA and much more of a dear companion. Or maybe it's me that's learning to be that for her? Either way, we've got it going on. I love my Annie dog.
• I'm still running! I started running just over a year ago. Here's a dorky little post I remember writing..    I can't believe how far I've come. Tonight, as I was finishing up my second run for the day (no, I do not make it a habit to run twice a day. In fact, I think that's crazy and unnecessary. I just so happened to work out that way today!), I was remembering how hard it was for me to get started and to love running.  And now - a year later, I have half a dozen 5K runs under my belt. :) It feels great! I'm still running with my buddy - I wouldn't give her up for the world. She motivates, inspires, encourages, and gets my butt out there even when I really dont WANNA go.  Rich, too, has taken up running and -like everything else he does- has excelled. He's inspiring, but I'm no competition for him!
• I think that's about all I can do for updates for now.  It's  a LOT! I recognize how much I have on my plate ...but it's all pretty healthy and good and encouraging.  Ever since I started listening to God and stop trying to lead my own way - the tasks before me have been easier and more manageable.  I'm enjoying all of it.  :)  Life is good to me!

Thanks for reading. :)  Now, let's pretend that it's "national comment day" or something.... go ahead, leave a comment! It won't hurt ya.
*smooch*