Yesterday marked a big milestone in our family. Allen has been a long distance runner for years. As of this weekend he has a partner – Moira. He and the children had talked some months back about running together this year. Several of them have begun training though none quite as enthusiastically as Moira. She took to running with amazing ease. With the others she started that first week with a half mile, then a mile, then she kept going and going and going. Before long she was logging 3 and 4 or more miles. Her face glowing all the while. She confidently reported she could keep up on a 5k. And so she did, clocking in at 27minutes at the Sunday morning race.

Moira is literally our middle child. She is remarkably sweet-natured and easy going. She often finds herself in the odd spot of being too little for the big kid functions and too big for the little kids. She is never ever one to complain however. She is happy wherever she goes. Still, it warmed my mama heart to see her stand out and shine all on her own.