Running for you and Baby Jacob

Last Sunday Daddy and I ran the 16k from paris to Versailles in your memory and to raise funds for Baby Jacob so he can have his liver transplant, which is the only way so he can live longer. The weather was perfect for me although it was cold early in the morning. Some people thought that it was too hot to run, but I don't think so.

We started at the foot of the Eiffel Tower, which was very exciting. At first I thought I couldn't do it because I was too cold and I was uncomfortable because I felt like I wanted to pee. I did pee after two kilometers though. I think it was a norm as there were quite a lot of runners who stopped on the pavements and just pee in there. I found it very amusing.

So I listened to your songs while I was running. At times I didn't even notice that the music was playing because I was looking at the road all the time. It was so hilly and I really struggled a lot of times. But because I knew you were looking down on me, I carried on very slowly until I reached 12k. That's when I felt that my knees were about to give up and my vision was becoming blurry. I thought at that point that I wouldn't be able to make to the finish line. Also at this point, I was running on my own as somehow I lost your daddy. I thought he went ahead of me and I was quite upset. It turned out in the end that I actually left him. He said he waited for me for 15 minutes but didn't see me. I was worried because I thought something wrong had happened to him. Thank God he was fine. He finished 14 minutes after me, so I beat him. Haha.

Yes so after 12 kilometers I was ready to give up because Daddy was not there to push me and at the time your song hasn't played so i thought maybe you wanted me to stop already as the night before I was having palpitations and a skip beat. But no, instead a few minutes into 13k, your song played and I found my energy to run faster. I became quite emotional and shed a few tears while running. I was kissing Meow and looking at the sky thanking you for always being there when I needed you. And then other runners came up to me and told me and Meow to keep going. And so we did until we finished with pride.

Meow received a lot of high fives from the boy and girl scouts who helped during the event. I bet you were really proud of him up there.

Thank you for giving me the reason not to give up. And please thank Father God for keeping us safe.

So far we have managed to raise 40 pounds for Baby Jacob and I am still waiting for my other friends to send me their sponsor money.

I love you so much baby boy and I miss you all the time. Thank you again for making me do things that I thought was impossible for me to do.

Mommy Tintin