  Busy day... Between going to lunch to toast Lilah on what would have been her 99th birthday, running back to town to get Kel from school, heading home for a while to let Bear, the devil dog, out for a little while, then off to my known-her-since-diapers girlfriend's Mary Kay business kickoff party tonight... it was just a busy day! I ran tonight watching the premier show of S&H... I only did 3 miles though since it was 10:30 pm. I was already kind of tired. So I watched part of the show without being on Lurch. I was right, it will be the perfect amount of time on the treadmill to watch an entire show while I run.
Thanks Easter Bunny! Today's Miles: 3 Total so far: 324.75 Still to go for goal: 175.25 Finally, here's a poem, written by my cousin last year when my grandma passed away... in honor of Lilah... Grama by Jody Brown Miranda 1-17-2003 Blessed with the Luck O' The Irish She was born on St. Paddy's Day. Grasping a rosary in her fist and a feisty desire to pray. She set her sights on Mr. Brown and married her Scottish mate the two of them, side by side, worked hard and set their own fate. Soon God sent them four little lassies and a lad for all to spoil, helped in childrearing by the Catholic Nuns all hyjinks were quickly foiled. Her claim to fame was an ample bosom and her talent for song and dance. As a kid I remember her snappy housedresses and her disdain for young ladies in pants. I remember Grama Lilah in her apron at home and in the Catholic School gym makin' chicken or spaghetti for banquets or decorating Christmas ornaments with trim. I also remember the Thanksgiving treats and the stomachaches we'd be feeling, and all of us cousins listening in on the grown-ups through the vent in the first-floor ceiling.
My sweetest memory brings the faces into sharp focus after all these years. Grampa Howard hugging and kissing and tickling 'till her laughing eyes filled with tears. Memories and tales came tumbling out as we strengthened the Brown family ties as we waited for her Guardian Angel's descent as we whispered our loving goodbyes. 
