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Why I (attempt to) Run

  A friend posted something on facebook this week calling out a pop-celebrity for her lack of positive influence in the lives of young girls.  When I agreed, he encouraged me to dedicate much blog space to calling her out too. But, as I stated before, I don’t write to argue or call down others, and I only tell my own stories. But that doesn’t mean I can’t point out something different, but the same.  Which brings me to the story I’ve promised myself I would write for almost 2 months now but couldn’t bring myself to type.  About the Loops for Troops Run in Calgary on Father’s Day. And the story starts at a weird beginning, in 2007 when I was 5 months pregnant and Dh was heading out on deployment again. Knowing that Dh has a strong faith, as he was preparing to leave on his last tour his OC asked him if he would take on a very different job than that normally required of an armoured crewman.  They would be spending this tour living away from the main base outside the wire and because of this, there would be no padre serving alongside them. His OC wanted to know if Dh would be willing to stand in and lead a memorial service if, heaven forbid, one became necessary during the tour. Dh agreed.  This was his 3rd time to Afghanistan and he wasn’t going to pretend the reality wasn’t there.  He spent some time talking with our Pastor before he left and tried to prepare as best he could while praying it would not be needed.  But less than a month into the deployment, it was.  Cpl. Nathan Hornburg…