Day 32: "I constantly imagine this beautiful picture of what New Orleans can be."

February 10th: Three days left!!

Three days left?! Geez.

I went on a nice, easy three-mile run tonight. My legs are feeling pretty good again -- still a little stiff from the 20-miler. I might run a two-miler tonight...or I might just stick to biking until marathon Sunday.

The better news is that I'm up to $3125 from 116 contributors!! With just a few days left, I'm excited to see how much we can raise for Akili Academy!

My friend Lauren, who is a Kindergarten teacher at Akili, sent me pictures of some of the "Good Luck" cards a few of her students made for me! :-) Check them out!







With Taylor as my coach, I'll be able to finish the marathon regardless of how much my ankles hurt! :-)

With your help, our joint contribution is going to be able help, in some small way, a school full of children like THESE reach their potential. I hope that feels really good to you. It feels really good to me.

I was at an education lecture tonight and one of the panelists said the following:

"I constantly imagine this beautiful picture of what New Orleans can be. Too often we hear about what is happening in tension with that beautiful picture. But when we educate one child -- when ONE child walks across that stage to accept his or her diploma -- that's one point for us."

Her "us" is at least 116 individuals stronger now. :-)