Either way, it's certainly a story worth (re)telling, so I'm passing along a video to tell the story of a father and son... TOGETHER!
Keep the Kleenex handy!
Johnny:)
I can do everything through HIM who gives me strength. Philippians 4:13 (NIV)
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From Ralph's e-mail:
A son asked his father, ‘Dad, will you take part in a marathon with me?’ The father who, despite having a heart condition, said ‘Yes’. They went on to complete the marathon together.
Father and son went on to join other marathons - the father always saying ‘Yes’ to his son’s request of going through the race together.
One day, the son asked his father, ‘Dad, let’s join the Ironman together.’ To which, his father said ‘Yes’. Father and son went on to complete the Ironman race together.
Click play... talk about INSPIRING!
Dick and Rick Hoyt are a father-and-son team from Massachusetts who together compete just about continuously in marathon races. And if they’re not in a marathon they are in a triathlon — that daunting, almost superhuman, combination of 26.2 miles of running, 112 miles of bicycling, and 2.4 miles of swimming. Together they have climbed mountains, and once trekked 3,770 miles across America.
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