Even though moving any part of my lower body is extremely challenging right now ( I have mastered the marathon waddle)... Im still flying high from the weekend.... And need to mention... -Asher Lopatin who supported and encouraged me from the very beginning.... Helping me make sure I could train and then putting the kids to bed when training wiped me out.... And then single- handedly getting 4 sleepy kids dressed and on a 6:30am bus to come cheer me on.... I love you.... - special thank you to team captains Melissa Rothwax and Shoshana Sprague Fain You are great leaders, organizers and encouragers!! -shout out to the camp simcha counselors and staff members who brought their energy, enthusiasm and love to Miami.... -our favorite team lifeline photographer , Benji Weintraub -Caras counselor , Sarah, who flew down to Miami to be with Cara and who with her cousin Allie danced their way with our kids for The whole weekend -The pride I felt when Cara got up to speak in front of 750 people to tell everyone what chai lifeline and Camp Simcha mean to her -The awe I feel about Dr. Lenny Wexler and the way his patient and friend Luc spoke about him at the pasta party -my dad who schlepped down to Miami… And waited for hours at the finish line to cheer me on and to be one of Team Caras biggest fan -The 25 fellow gold shirted chai lifeline mom and dads including Lori Bogdonoff Finkelstein of Team Peri, Talia Michaeli, Deborah Stein Who walked ran and pushed their kids on the course and created a community within a community as we shared stories and personal inspiration , tears and gratitude toward chai lifeline -thanks to all the team lifeline runners who cheered me on while I was running /walking by yelling go Caras mom !!! each cheer gave me strength ......and to the various runners who came to show me that they were Caras picture on their shirt and ran thinking of her… -to my personal mile seven cheering squad - knowing the hugs , kisses , and love I would get from my crew at mile seven motivated me through the first 7 miles and supported me through the last 6 -what an honor and privilege it was to be able to cross the finish line at the same time as Adam Wolf and his family ,counselors , and his enormous fan club who determinedly walked The final mile of the marathon amid cheers singing dancing and many many tears...Zelig Mandel -The Ryman family who continue to inspire us and whose support presence and love with that very strongly throughout the weekend- Lamelle Ryman -to the unbelievable runners and walkers of team Cara/team SAR… How we got lucky enough to be surrounded by such amazing people- Cortney Stark Cope, Stuart M Sprague David Wolkenfeld Ruthie Craimer Batya Sharbat Sharon Sturm Deena Davis Andrea Katz , Eran.Ginzberg, Rena Mirzoeff, Daniel Gorlin, Joey Raviv, Tali Cohen, David David Fain Binyamin A. Zomer Heather Suzanne Zomer Nancy Goldberg Andrew Ackerman Julie Gans Ackerman - and special thanks to all of you in our fb community whose feed has been flooded with our posts, picture and comments and tags etc etc........!!!!!
Posted on: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 15:42:06 +0000
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