The Friendly Funeralista

Archive for the ‘gold medals’ Category

Funeral Games

Posted by: friendlyfuneralista on: March 7, 2010

During my misspent youth, I dithered at University trying to find some direction for my life.  For some strange reason, I took a number of classics courses (which, I might add were really interesting!).  Unfortunately, my classics career came to an abrupt end upon learning that an inability to fluently read and write greek and [...]

Olympic Spirit, Gold medals and Funerals

Posted by: friendlyfuneralista on: February 16, 2010

My husband emailed me this video to watch in honour of family day.  It features Team Hoyt.  Dick and Rick Hoyt are a father/son team, a partnership that began when the son asked his father, “Dad will you run a marathon with me?”  Despite suffering from heart disease, his Dad agreed.  See the footage below to follow their running of  the Iron [...]


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