Finish Line

Posted bySusan Dieter-RobinsonPosted inAbigail, Anna, Favorite Posts, God's Grace, Grateful, Grief, Heaven, Joy, Love, Memories, Our Love-Drenched-LifeTags:, , , , ,

Every year about this time I get an email asking if I want to purchase my Hippie Chick Run photos from previous years. The Hippie Chick was a run that Anna and I did together. I would run the 10k and she would meet me just before the finish line ~ it was our thing. The photos taken at the run are usually really expensive so I never wanted to purchase them.

This year when the email came it said that this was the last chance to purchase photos from 2013 so I decided to look at them once again, just in case. As I was flipping through the five that were taken of me this one appeared. I swear it’s the first time I had seen it. I cried remembering what it felt like to cross the finish line with my girls on each side. Every other year it was just Anna crossing the finish line but this year, our last Hippie Chick together, Abigail joined us.

holding hands finish line

I ordered some prints. This is my new favorite photo of the three of us. It speaks to my heart and when it arrived yesterday it was so clear to me why I love it so much. This is how I get through each day. Abigail holding my right hand and Anna holding my left, both gripping tight till I get to the finish line. The gold tons in the photo (that is how it came) represent Christ, He’s all around us wrapping us in His love and kindness ~ we are surrounded by His Grace.

The last couple of months have been tough. Fall lasted so long, there are still leaves piled up on our streets, and my PTSD has become something that is just with me instead of the usual waves that come every so often. Watching Alice grow, discover, learn and become a toddler has been wonderful and very emotional. There is so much I can say about mothering this beautiful little one in the midst of grief, but I will leave that for another time.

I have signed up for the Hippie Chick one time since the girls have been in Heaven but my heart wouldn’t allow me to go. After seeing this photo I think it is time to get in shape and prepare once again for “our thing” this Mother’s Day weekend. I know Anna would be super excited to have Alice run across the finish line with us.

This photo is what my heart needed the week before Christmas and our double birthday celebration on 27th ~ Abigail will be 16 (I can’t believe it) and Alice will be turning 2.

Anna and Abigail are holding my hands always and I am ALWAYS surrounded by His Love and Grace!

12 thoughts on “Finish Line”

  1. A photo that you’ve never seen before — what an amazing gift. We all wish for just one more: one more hug, one more laugh, one more I love you, one more moment. And if we can’t have that . . . one more photo.

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  2. What a beautiful tribute to a mother’s love. Your words and your love rock movement are so inspiring. Thank you for filling the world with love.

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  4. That was a beautiful day! What a perfect picture to represent your love. Each year I leave Love Rocks where the girls rolled around in the grass and the end near where they would meet you. Some of Abby’s classmates cheered me on at the end this last year. I am trying the 15k this year. I am much slower than you, but will be there cheering for you of you decide to run it again. Until then I will be your virtual “wogger” thinking of you as I slowly make it to the finish line.

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