Color Me Rad

As many of you know, my mom passed away on March 10, 2012. I never expected to lose someone so close to me so shortly. My mom and I ,since about middle school, had become best friends until Ethan came into the picture. She was my person. Of course she was everyone's person, but we were also very, very close.  I would talk to about dating, school, work, money, recipes, rude girls or teachers, church stuff, volleyball, basically just about everything. She was and still is my hero. It was extremely hard for me to see her suffer with the cancer that came on so sudden, and took her so quickly. Especially her last month when she was in the hospital. When I was not at work, I was down at the hospital with her painting her nails, watching girl shows, massaging her feet, eating sushi, reading all the thousands of cards she got from the community, or just talking. Man, do I miss her. In April, our family decided that we were going to do the 'Color Me Rad' in Provo. We did this race because all the earnings from the race went to scholarships at UVU. Mom played a huge role in helping thousands of seniors get scholarships for school. We called ourselves "BEARly Runners". For those of you who don't know, my dad always called my mom 'bear'. This was just a 5k, but it was fun to run together with the family for mom. It did get a little messy though with all the colorful chalk that was thrown. I know I will see my mom again, but right now it is hard for me to have her not be there when I graduate from school (something that we both have worked so hard to get), or have kids, or just to call up everyday like I use to. Not a day goes by that I do not think of her, and wish I could just give her a great big hug! This is still a very hard time for me, but I am so glad that I have an amazing husband, family, and work that helped me get through this year, and hopefully the years to come.

"Bearly Runners"

We have fun together

Running for Mom

Love him more than anything