TEAM INSPIRATION TEXAS HEADS TO SAIPAN!

I am so proud of the fine, selfless young men our super jocks are becoming. They all have amazing plans now that high school is over and I have to hope that their experience with Team Inspiration Texas has benefited them. One of our young men, Brandon Loughridge, is leaving Friday for Saipan, an island off the coast of China. He will spend a year as a mentor for kids, doing missionary work and teaching golf. What an amazing adventure he will be going on! I have truly been Blessed to have these young men in my life. Good luck and have fun on your incredible adventure Brandon and we look forward to your homecoming!!!

Good luck, KEEP TRYING and my best,

-Trace

IT’S YOUR TURN!

For the past year, you have listened to our ramblings without having a mechanism to tell us about you. Well, that has now changed. Team Inspiration Texas now has a Facebook URL which will allow folks with and without Facebook pages to write something on the Wall. We would love to hear YOUR story! Team Inspiration Texas is about encouraging folks with AND without MS, so please feel free to write away regardless of your condition!!! You never know how something that YOU say may reach someone else. To write your story, simple log onto www.facebook.com/teaminspiration. I hope that you will share with us and that it will, in turn, reach someone else!!!

Good luck, KEEP TRYING and my best,

-Trace

Your Legacy

We have all heard a message or at least pondered the thought of what is our legacy? At no time does this become more present than at a funeral which is where I found myself this week. This "Celebration of Life" was a bit different for me because I did not know the man personally but his wife is an avid marathoner and an active member of The Woodlands and Conroe tri groups so I have known her for years.

I think what caught my attention most was when the pastor said "What would you say at your funeral?" Think about that for a minute..... He went on to answer for the Doug (the deceased) with no doubt by saying that he would stand before us and proclaim he was a blessed man. Can each of us say the same?

As the service went on proclaiming the multi facets off his life, I thought about what I believe everyone does at some point in a funeral and that is who would be there for you? Then I brought it into the present and asked myself a better question and that is who have you been there for?

It should not take a funeral to get each of us to spend time thinking about how we can have a positive impact on others. Let's not waste the opportunity that we are each given. Life has unforeseeable and unpredictable events in it. Let's make sure we use what we have been given.

Have a great day and thank you Doug for the reminder!

Jim

IT JUST KEEPS GETTING BETTER

It is with tremendous pride that I announce that Team Inspiration Texas now has its own Facebook page! Thanks to Brooklyn Bowman, we will now reach even more folks with the great hope that they will be inspired as I have. We have big plans for the MS 150 next year and our page will help attract sponsors who will work with us to inspire so many with MS and other challenges. I am overwhelmed and extremely humbled by the encouragement and support the Team has gotten since the CB&I. And I am honored that we can do things like share the super jock’s bikes with our area’s youth training to become triathletes. It amazes me that every time I turn around it seems that someone else has heard of the great work of Team Inspiration Texas and wants to become involved. Thank you all for allowing me to be a part of this amazing group!

Good luck, KEEP TRYING and my best,

-Trace