Ms. DeBoie, ready to celebrate some love!
I have this week off for Seattle School District’s “mid-winter break.” Which is unique to Seattle and absolutely lovely! Everyone else is in school and at work, so it’s a great week to have off! I’ve spent this week traveling around Washington, visiting friends. It’s been lovely to catch up and meet the newest members of the clan- baby Austin and Dominic! It’s been wonderful to have some sunshine too! I’ve spent the morning on the balcony of my hotel in Yakima (Yakistan as I like to call it), in the sunshine, catching up on fundraising for Climb to Fight! Super Bowl was a huge fundraiser for me, putting me at $2800.00 exactly. I have $2200 to go! I still have a long way to go!
This past week was filled with a lot of fun, including Valentine’s Day activities! School was a blast, we had a great day of “love,” handing out our Valentine’s and enjoying our party that my hardworking parents organized. Official Valentine’s Day was equally as exciting, spending the entire day with Justin, eating, laughing and enjoying each others company. He cooked me THE most amazing meal… all of my favorite things! Oysters, clams, steak, cheesy potatoes, lots of good wine… it was great!
I’m reminded every year around this time the importance of loving each other, in so many different ways. Justin and I have made a commitment (well, I came up with the idea and being the champ that he is, he agreed!) to do more giving this year. More everyday little things to put a smile on someone’s face. We started in the fall by doing little random acts of kindness- paying for someone else’s coffee in the drive-thru, helping people with their groceries, NOT road-raging on people on I-5, dropping off ice-cream or dinner at a friends’ house, or cleaning out the litter box before the other had the chance to mention it.
Catching up with friends this week has given me renewed inspiration for more giving. Seeing my friends’ beautiful children and picking up where we’ve left off after so many years, celebrating a dear friends 30th birthday, or enjoying a home-cooked meal and a glass of wine with girlfriends that I miss SO much and don’t get to see as much I’d like, has really refreshed me. I love these ladies and their friendships mean so much to me! I’m energized to work even harder in the gym and with my fundraising to make a difference in our fight against Breast Cancer!
Amy,
I just want you to know what an amazing person I think you are. I look so forward to reading your blogs for this climb and it makes me proud to share them with my friends and famiy. I laugh, I cry but most of all I feel very fortunate that you are in mine and Kayla’s lives. I hope that when Kayla is grown up, she will have similar qualities, and be just as wonderful as you! I love you lots…….Carol
hey, love your words. i’m glad you got a little reprieve from the kindergarten madness, and i SO loved seeing you. thanks for making my already memorable celebration more memorable