Winner by association!

I went to the Scotiabank Waterfront running thing this past weekend. I believe the scientific word for it is marathon. What an event! There were runners from all over Toronto, all over Ontario, all over Canada and yes, you guessed it, all over the world. And no, I was not one of them! Have we met?! But I was so proud to know one of them!

Tendai! Woo Hoo! My heart was pumping so fast as I saw her come around the last bend, that I wished I had entered it into the race! "Go Tendai" I yelled. Woo Hoo! Across the line she went! Way to go! What an adrenaline rush! I literally felt like I crossed the finish line with her! That was how awesome it was. Hugs, pictures, bananas and vita-water later, we went for brunch. Two ladies lunching and chatting about the wonders of their new city...their new life.

I'll never understand why people run, but after watching my first marathon, I know exactly why people turn out in droves to support. Because there is something about watching someone you know...friend or family...accomplish something they set their heart, mind and soul to...that makes you feel like a winner...by association.

Thanks Ms T!

9/19/08

I recently slammed a door shut, heel swivelled and stormed away...

But as I turned, I caught a glimpse of another door.
One that I had locked and bolted years before.

Curious Catwoman,
I stared at it.
And as I did, I began to see...
Visions
Memories of a past time,
All seemingly positive and happy.
Nothing bad to remind me why I had closed the door in the first place!

Perhaps I closed the door because there was something wrong with me
I thought.

I inched forward...peering
Timid...but driven with excitement.

I unbolted...
I unlocked...
I knocked...

And with the voice on the other end, came flooding the memories from that day...

The day I stormed,
The day I heel swivelled,
The day I slammed that door shut.

Someone said, "When one door closes, another one opens."
Someone else said something like, "If a door is closed, a window is opened."

I'm wondering, why all this opening and closing doors and windows and portals and damn pandora's boxes?!

I'm doing away with doors and windows.
Handles, hinges, locks, bolts, all of it!

I'm thinking outside the box!

Because I am secure enough not to confine you to my life, nor to shut you out of it.

Gathering moss just doesn't appeal to me!

So, I moved again...
When I started the blog,
I was living in New York City,
Then I moved to Dallas, Texas,
Then I moved to the great tax-free state of Delaware
The blog is not even 2 years old
And now I live in Toronto, Ontario!

My Dad says the world is my playground,
And I say, I think I've found my sand box.