{"id":713,"date":"2013-02-27T14:17:21","date_gmt":"2013-02-27T14:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kandynolesstevens.com\/?p=713"},"modified":"2013-02-27T14:17:21","modified_gmt":"2013-02-27T14:17:21","slug":"the-grand-finale-the-last-reeds-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.realsweetgrace.com\/blog\/?p=713","title":{"rendered":"The grand finale . . . the last Reed&#8217;s Run"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_584\" style=\"width: 507px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kandynolesstevens.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/12\/reeds-run-logo.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-584\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-584\" alt=\"Drawing Copyrighted property of Reed's Run\" src=\"http:\/\/kandynolesstevens.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/12\/reeds-run-logo.jpg\" width=\"497\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.realsweetgrace.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/reeds-run-logo.jpg 1429w, http:\/\/www.realsweetgrace.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/reeds-run-logo-300x204.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.realsweetgrace.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/reeds-run-logo-1024x697.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.realsweetgrace.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/reeds-run-logo-624x424.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-584\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Drawing Copyrighted property of Reed&#8217;s Run<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Well this is it.\u00a0 I feel like I am sending my baby off to kindergarten.\u00a0 I have loved, nurtured, worried, fretted, and spent many hours praying for Reed\u2019s Run, and now, it\u2019s time to send it off.\u00a0 I carry in my heart precious memories of a job well done, funds raised, and hope given.\u00a0 To say farewell, I am just going to give a list (not all-inclusive) of some of those favorite memories.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Friends and family working together to remember and honor<\/li>\n<li>Honoring veterans each and every year (including remembering Jason Timmerman)<\/li>\n<li>The friends from the Patriot Guard coming (even if unofficial)<\/li>\n<li>Being able to publicly thank all of the first responders.<\/li>\n<li>That flag over the start\/finish line \u2013 took my breath away!<\/li>\n<li>Friends arriving that were a surprise to me<\/li>\n<li>Family flying\/driving in from all over the country<\/li>\n<li>Hosting a Grampa\u2019s Amp concert<\/li>\n<li>Students taking a stand (I will never forget what they did.)<\/li>\n<li>All the hugs!<\/li>\n<li>The Reed stories that came out.<\/li>\n<li>Remembering all the children gone much too soon. The luminaries were always my favorite, especially during the movies.<\/li>\n<li>Remembering three adult friends who offered healing to us and now are gone before we ready.<\/li>\n<li>Honoring those who have inspired us.<\/li>\n<li>The Star Wars theme song!<\/li>\n<li>Seeing the t-shirts everywhere!<\/li>\n<li>The generosity of our neighbors!<\/li>\n<li>The joy of the runners, walkers, and kid runners!<\/li>\n<li>Cheetahs and all the love!<\/li>\n<li>Popcorn stands, Boy Scouts &amp; Girl Scouts!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Finally, the most important memory is the message that we worked so hard to send.\u00a0 Healing comes from a firm foundation rooted in the love and sacrifice\u00a0of Jesus Christ and from the all the many hands &amp; feet (and HEARTS) of a loving community reaching out in love.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>To rise from tragedy . . . cling to HOPE!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Thank you for being the hearts that offered hope and healing!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vGxjE8-xP6g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well this is it.\u00a0 I feel like I am sending my baby off to kindergarten.\u00a0 I have loved, nurtured, worried, fretted, and spent many hours praying for Reed\u2019s Run, and now, it\u2019s time to send it off.\u00a0 I carry in my heart precious memories of a job well done, funds raised, and hope given.\u00a0 To [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[31,214,222,233,300,380,526,530,543,551,644],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.realsweetgrace.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.realsweetgrace.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.realsweetgrace.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.realsweetgrace.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.realsweetgrace.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.realsweetgrace.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.realsweetgrace.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.realsweetgrace.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.realsweetgrace.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}