Sunshine January

My friend Lara is amazing. Everyone should be lucky enough to be her friend. We first got to know each other serving upon a severely dysfunctional activities committee. We instantly bonded like comrades in arms fighting the good fight. She makes me laugh with her frank observations and witty remarks. She is strong and loyal. Any of her friends can tell you that they take comfort in knowing that she will always have their backs. This beautiful lady is my inspiration, in the past year she has made and surpassed impressive weight loss goals, and she wasn't even one of those people who needed to lose weight in the first place. (She is so buff and tone now which is only an added benefit since she is my support.) A running goddess, she has started running 5k's 10k's and even half marathons! What has impressed me even more then her fitness, is her parenting. One look at her blog (linked under the Scheele Family) and you will be blown away at the amazing job she does teaching her kids. She takes great care to introduce her three kids to reading, math and science. Lara has created science experiments not because she had to but because she wants her children to learn and spend their days not watching tv, but enriching their minds. We could all learn from Lara, and I am glad that I get to close up.