Holiday Monday Rain

Ran this morning in the pouring rain...

Loved it...

Thanks Tammy!

Over $750 raised for Olive Tree Projects Nutrition Program!

Thanks Margie and Rudy

Met some kind and wonderful people this past weekend! Thanks Bev and Ken for helping me do the small things....

So thankful for the rain....

Slave Lake..

Hi Everyone,
Just a quick post and one that has nothing to do with Haiti on one hand and yet has so much to do with Haiti....people who have lost everything in what feels like the blink of an eye

Over the past week the town of Slave Lake, Alberta has been ravaged by forest fires (which today are still considered out of control). Thank goodness there has been no loss of life, at one point the only ways in and out of the town were closed due to the fire. Over 40% of the town has been destroyed and many people have lost everything...I can't imagine what that would feel like...People are living with friends and families and in shelters. The government of Alberta has pledged 50 million in relief for the residents of Slave.

This post is to ask for help for these people in the interm...living in shelters is so incredibly difficult without the everyday things we take for granted....toothbrushes, shampoo, soap....




Below is a list of places accepting donations of these sorts of things. If any of you are like me and shop at Costco I hope you consider donating 1 or 2 of those 8 stick of deodorant....seriously, you think you'll need that many in the next 3 years ;-)

1. there will be 2 semi trailers at the Sherwood Park mall tomorrow night (friday May 20) at around 4 accepting donations. Donations going to Westlock shelter.

2. The Red Cross is accepting monetary donations:

http://www.redcross.ca/article.asp?id=39285&tid=001

3. Check out Global Edmonton's site for up to date donation sites

http://www.globaltvedmonton.com/Slave+Lake+donations+relief+efforts/4792926/story.html

You can also contact me and I can get you in touch with the right people...

So grateful today for everything especially those in my life...

The most Amazing day....

I learned of the death of a dear patient today and it made me so very sad..Rest in Peace Geoff...You and your personality were amazing and I am grateful to have met you..

then I came home to this email from Beth (at Heartline)
Olez with keys to her house...



Crazy day of emotional rollercoasters...

Thank you EVERYONE who made this become a reality...
No more nights in a tent...no more worries of the rain and wind...
A safe place for all the family to lay their heads...

Thank you John and Beth McHoul for loving the people of Haiti and for allowing me to love them through you...you are amazing...

Simply Amazing Day...

closer...

So much nicer running weather...

5 miles; 8:20 a mile...

Stretching...warm, cloudy day....

7 miles sponsored of 13 so far...$65 to save one childs life...

http://www.olivetreeprojects.com/donate/

A thought...

..I have often struggled with the feeling that I am not making a big enough difference in the world, both locally and internationally..and so today as I was pondering this exact thought I glanced up and saw this quote...

"In a gentle way, you can shake the world"

Gandhi

So as I work on the few and small things that I hope will have an impact I will keep that quote close to my heart...