Hi friends,
This week’s reason is near and dear to my heart: for Mass General. Massachusetts General Hospital is the hospital for which I am fundraising, of course, but it gets a lot more personal than that. It’s where my parents met, so I would literally not exist without it., for starters. It’s where I’ve gone my entire life for minor emergencies like broken ankles and stomach flu. It’s where I have gone my entire adult life for my primary care. It’s where my Mom, the amazing Ginny Butler, has worked for 45 years, 42 of them in the Emergency Department. I personally worked in the Development Office for five fantastic years, and it’s where I met some of my closest and dearest friends. Mass General is the best (shhh, US News & World Reports, I’m still living in 2012 on this one)… the BEST hospital in the entire country and possibly the world. When terrible things happen, like cancer, and car accidents, and liver failure, and heart attacks, and broken bones, and suicide attempts, and ALS, and birth defects, and bombs blowing up on a beautiful April day… people often end up in Mass General. We in Boston are so very lucky to have MGH right in our back yard; people come from all over the world to receive care here. Beyond being just a hospital, it’s truly a community made up of its patients as well as wonderful doctors, nurses, janitors, development officers, cafeteria workers, social workers, parking attendants and thousands of others who feel proud every single day to walk into its doors. After five years of working there, I still use the term “we” when talking about the hospital, and I think I always will. I am so deeply proud to be running for this amazing place, and hope to do it and everyone in its community proud on April 21.
This week’s training felt like a breeze after the torture of last week; I know I’m definitely into “crazy runner” territory when 13.8 miles feels like a quick and easy jog! Next week is going to be interesting; snow is in the forecast mid-week (NNNNOOOOOO!!!), and then we’ve got TWENTY MILES to run on Saturday. I’ll be joining my MGH team for a run from the start line to Heartbreak Hill; it’ll be tough but I am glad I won’t be alone. Fingers crossed all the ice and snow melts by then, but if it doesn’t, at least we all know how to run in that sh*t by now!
Fundraising update: this week was a FANTASTIC week for donations, particularly from my amazing Flatley family!! There are too many to list here (and several folks who gave anonymously), but this was one of those weeks when I felt truly blessed to have so many awesome people who happen to be related to me. Thank you all, friends and family alike, for helping me to reach 56% of my goal – one month to go!
Until next week (GO AWAY SNOW!!),
Meg
This week’s reason is near and dear to my heart: for Mass General. Massachusetts General Hospital is the hospital for which I am fundraising, of course, but it gets a lot more personal than that. It’s where my parents met, so I would literally not exist without it., for starters. It’s where I’ve gone my entire life for minor emergencies like broken ankles and stomach flu. It’s where I have gone my entire adult life for my primary care. It’s where my Mom, the amazing Ginny Butler, has worked for 45 years, 42 of them in the Emergency Department. I personally worked in the Development Office for five fantastic years, and it’s where I met some of my closest and dearest friends. Mass General is the best (shhh, US News & World Reports, I’m still living in 2012 on this one)… the BEST hospital in the entire country and possibly the world. When terrible things happen, like cancer, and car accidents, and liver failure, and heart attacks, and broken bones, and suicide attempts, and ALS, and birth defects, and bombs blowing up on a beautiful April day… people often end up in Mass General. We in Boston are so very lucky to have MGH right in our back yard; people come from all over the world to receive care here. Beyond being just a hospital, it’s truly a community made up of its patients as well as wonderful doctors, nurses, janitors, development officers, cafeteria workers, social workers, parking attendants and thousands of others who feel proud every single day to walk into its doors. After five years of working there, I still use the term “we” when talking about the hospital, and I think I always will. I am so deeply proud to be running for this amazing place, and hope to do it and everyone in its community proud on April 21.
This week’s training felt like a breeze after the torture of last week; I know I’m definitely into “crazy runner” territory when 13.8 miles feels like a quick and easy jog! Next week is going to be interesting; snow is in the forecast mid-week (NNNNOOOOOO!!!), and then we’ve got TWENTY MILES to run on Saturday. I’ll be joining my MGH team for a run from the start line to Heartbreak Hill; it’ll be tough but I am glad I won’t be alone. Fingers crossed all the ice and snow melts by then, but if it doesn’t, at least we all know how to run in that sh*t by now!
Fundraising update: this week was a FANTASTIC week for donations, particularly from my amazing Flatley family!! There are too many to list here (and several folks who gave anonymously), but this was one of those weeks when I felt truly blessed to have so many awesome people who happen to be related to me. Thank you all, friends and family alike, for helping me to reach 56% of my goal – one month to go!
Until next week (GO AWAY SNOW!!),
Meg