a life beyond running shoes.

okay friends.... i have a had a great group to run with.  i have always had awesome running partners...... but never a full group.  when we are all there (which is seldom), there are eight including me. i will miss this group.  and yes, i might find others to run with in california but none like this.   so i came up with some adjectives (and specific definition that suited) for each since it is such a funny, strange, awesome, random combination of individuals...... i have enjoyed every lap, mile, and conversation. thank you for letting me join your group. you were a balm to my wounded soul...... MS - GRACE (a temporary immunity or exemption; a reprieve). it was (is) so nice to rest in your gentle spirit. in you i found a reprieve. CS - HONEST (not false or misleading; genuine). you are refreshing, straightforward, and a faithful companion. in you there is no guile. SS - UNDAUNTED (resolutely courageous). you gospel orient the group with your bo...

so i have to admit that i am not totally done with the three musketeers .... and in light of that, i needed a few things that were vastly different....thus..... january's reads: beyond the bougenvilla . by doloras durando. it was a free download for my kindle.   it was entertaining.... which means it held my interest. the main character was an abused girl from one of the dakotas who moved to los angeles at the end of the great depression. it is a story of sorrow and the human spirit of tenacity and perseverance. for a free book, i enjoyed it. and i think it is super cool that the author is about 90 years old and wrote this last year. that is just cool! a good and perfect gift . by amy julia becker. while ann voskamp's book drove me crazy with its lack of details, becker's book chronicles her journey of discovering that her daughter was born with down syndrome.....the struggle of faith in not-believing and believing god's goodness in the midst of it....