WHY!?

A little three letter word that could bring so much thought.

Yesterday we got news that my dad (stepfather, Sid) has Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). Some of you may know ALS as Lou Gehrig's disease. To put it simple it is a disease of the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that control voluntary muscle movement. Nerve cells end up dieing which means that they can no longer send messages to your muscles. There is no cure for ALS (at least for now there isn't). This brings up that little three letter word, WHY. Why did this have to happen to Sid? Why isn't there a cure for it? Why does it have to be such a horrible disease?

Today Tulio, my sister Patty and I watched the 2010 Ironman Championship on TV. I had tears coming down my face the majority of the time as we watched it. Some athletes were out there to win it, some out there to prove a point, some out there to finish, some out there to accomplish something big in there life, some out there for a cause....the list goes on and on. Whatever reason(s) they have for doing the Ironman is their's, it is their WHY and no one can take that away from them. It made me think of all the reasons why I want to do an Ironman. I definitely want to do it to mark it off my list of things I accomplished in life. I also want to be able to be called an Iron(wo)man because I completed 140.6 miles. I'm definitely doing this because of FOMO (fear of missing out). And a little bit of me wants to do this race so that I can get an Ironman tattoo without being a poser (Ha!).

So I'm thinking why else can I do this race. How about to raise money for Sid!? He can no longer work. The doctors will not allow him to. I want to come up with a fundraiser to help support him and my mom financially. What I'm thinking is that for every mile that I do someone sponsors me. Sponsorship can be any possible amount of money that one would like to donate. I'm going to start working on this. I plan on having something up soon.

God Bless You!