Hello all! Thank you so much for all your contributions to this post. Your stories and most of all your dedication and enthusiasm have been very inspiring to me. I just wanted to quickly contribute a little something myself.
DDD 2013 has been the end of quite a journey for DW and myself. We had wanted to participate in a runDisney event since 2010 but my second tour of duty in Afghanistan put that on a backburner. We were finally able to compete in the TOT 10-miler in 2012 and the Princess Half-Marathon in 2013. The
Disneyland Half-Marathon allowed me to earn our Dumbo Medal and our first Coast-to-Coast. Most of all and in retrospect more importantly, it allowed me to finally visit my ailing grandmother in Fremont, CA after so many years of always being to busy to make time. We saw her on the 24th August and she passed away on the 25th. Were it not for runDisney, we would not have seen her before she left us. Disney has always been so good to us, always generous with the pixie dust. Allowing me to see my grandmother one last time truly was a serendipitous gift.
Once again, thank you all for sharing your stories. Your passion and struggles are very inspiring. I do believe you all contribute to what makes Disney so magical
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Summer 1980 Offsite, Summer 1987 DL Hyatt OC, Summer 1989 Offsite, Dec 08 DL Sheraton Anaheim, Aug 09 POP , June 10 POP, Oct 10 Beach Club, Dec 10,CBR, May 11, DLP Sequoia Lodge, Aug 11 Dolphin, Dec 2011 DL offsite, March 12 CBR, June 12 AKL, Sept 12 Beach Club, Feb 13 POR, Aug 2013 DL Disneyland Hotel
Me:
DW:
Simba
Mitten
Chloe
Run Disney:
Feb 13 GSC, Aug 13 DDD, Feb 13 PHM, Sept 12 TOT 10 miler