Bristol County Daily News

Today is the 111th running of the Boston Marathon. I some day will run that marathon. I have always wanted to run but year after year I have failed to commit to doing it ... so again I will say maybe next year. I have always envied those who have the strength and commitment to make it 26.2 miles it doesn't matter how long it takes them its just that they do it. So in watching the news last night I discovered yet another reason I wish to run the race. Because yes I am one of those people who think of others before myself. There is a women who is racing to raise money for a sick child. It is not that she is alone she has joined a team of people who have adopted a child to raise money for at Bostons Children's Hospital. What she said was when she feels like quiting she thinks of this little girl who had her first surgery when she was just four months old. What this little girl has endured in her short 2 1/2 years is unimaginable. It makes me try harder. I wish I was that strong. If you are or maybe you will be next year consider joining the team or sponsoring someone http://www.chtrust.org/bostonmarathon/getinvolved_run.htm.

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