This past Sunday I was very lucky to be one of around 6000 people that took part in the annual BC Childrens Hospital Childrun. This particular run has been going for 25 years and raises money for the BC Childrens Hospital Foundation. This year the childrun raised over 1 million dollars!! Absolutely AMAZING....at the same time the Miracle Weekend telethon was also held raising around 16.5 million dollars.....The weekend was a little bittersweet for us, the hospital system failed us as it has failed many, but at the same time is able to help so many other families, the more money raised, the more services that are available, more research etc etc, so big picture, it's all worth it. I was fortunate to be part of a team this year..(refer to photo), and look forward to doing it again next year. Amber will most likely run it with me next time :-).....All I could think of as I ran those 5km was how many children were sitting in that hospital, how many parents by their beds, and of all the children not yet born that will find that hospital their home for a period of time. It was the quickest 26 mins of my life!!!
