Milestone Shirt

Tomorrow is the day! I run my first full marathon.

I had a special shirt made just for this occasion. Here's a picture of the back of my shirt ... 

It's a milestone shirt with 16 icons representing significant points in my life. I had a hard time figuring what I wanted to wear across the finish line, so I had a custom shirt made that included everything.

From the top left, they are ...

1- born in Alaska

2- became a born-again Christian

3- Lions drafted Billy Sims and made me a Lions fan

4- learned to "never stop loving Jesus" in ABT youth group

5- spent a summer in Liberia with New Tribes Mission

6- married a hottie who is way out of my league

7- became a youth pastor (ABT gets another shout out!)

8- became the father of an aspiring computer technician

9- Ellie, I miss you

10- became the father of an aspiring artist

11- earned my Master's degree (GRTS)

12- moved to Indiana and started teaching at Keystone Schools

13- in Fort Wayne's Smallest Winner, season 6

14- ran my first marathon

15, 16- I'm not done living an abundant life ... pressing onward because the possibilities are endless!

That's my story. Tomorrow, I wear it through the streets on South Bend!