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10 Things That Make Me Happy: Ross Kinney
What makes you happy? Can you name 10 things that make you happy? Try it! It’s a fun activity and I am thrilled to feature what makes the A Beautiful Ripple Effect community happy :). This guest post is curated by Ross Kinney! You can read more about Ross at the end of this post.
1. Irish Snug Running Club
The Irish Snug is a free running club that meets on Thursday nights for a social 5K run. After each run the Snug serves free pasta and salad to all of the runners. The highlight of each run is the running shirt ceremony where a runner that has completed ten runs received a free and highly coveted Irish Snug technical running shirt. I look forward to running with my daughter Laura, her boyfriend Nate and the occasional run with my great nephew Keegan. Keegan (3 years old) is one run away from receiving his running shirt. I treasure each one of these runs with Laura.
2. Drinking Ice Tea at Panera
I love the atmosphere at Panera Bread. I enjoy taking my laptop or a book to Panera and I can sit there for hours just surfing the internet or reading a book or the newspaper. The food is awesome, the staff is always friendly. It is a great way to spend a Saturday morning.
3. Playing golf with my son
Adam and I played together in a scramble golf tournament last summer and on one hole, he just pounded the ball past me and the other two people in our foursome. It was a really a special time for me to see him surpass me. I was much older before I could out drive my Dad. It is just awesome for me to see what an outstanding young man he is becoming.
4. Sunrise
Sunrise is my favorite time of the day. I love being able to watch the sunrise when I am out running. Every sunrise brings the promise of a new day filled with limitless possibilities.
5. Snowshoeing
I just started snowshoeing last year. It is another great way of spending time outdoors and it is a great way to spend time with my family.
6. High school cross country meets
I have a colleague at work whose daughter runs cross country for Columbine High School. I love going to watch her run and the best part to watch is the last 100 yards of the race. These kids don’t leave anything at all out on the field. What would our lives be like if we lived that way. Simply inspiring to watch!
7. Furry Scurry
This is one of our favorite activities to do together as a family. We have been going this event which benefits the Denver Dumb Friends League since 1989. We have adopted many of our pets from this shelter. I have so many great memories of doing this with my children while they were growing up.
In the photo above, Rocky shows off his mad skillz at the obstacle course in 2008.
8. Finding inspiration
I have many friends that I have met in the blogging community who inspire me, make me laugh, and brighten my day. Heather (at Run Faster Mommy) and Katye (at Long Legs on the Loose) are both doing great things in the fight against cancer. Christine (at Train, Don’t Tri) shares simply beautiful thoughts about her faith and living. I always stop by to see what they are up to.
9. Being of service
One of the great joys in my life is the volunteer work that I do for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. I love doing whatever I can to provide support and hope to anyone that is touched by cancer.
I have run 16 marathons for my dear friend and now my angel Kelly. She continues to bring joy, love and light to my life.
10. My family
I have been blessed to have a life with my family, Sue, Laura and Adam. Sue and I have been married for almost 27 years and she continues to amaze me each and every day. Laura and Adam are both amazing young people. They are so devoted to their cousin Keegan and to each other.
About Ross
I live and work in Colorado. The biggest passion in my life is my volunteer work for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. I love the challenge of endurance training. I have run 16 marathons, completed 3 century rides and the Triple Bypass. I also enjoy playing golf with my son, running 5K’s with my daughter and spending time with my wife and best friend Sue. I live with three crazy dogs and one very mean and angry cat. Ross blogs at www.run4kelly.blogspot.com.
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