We were joined for a casual Sunday dinner by a close family friend, Aliza Edwards, who worked with Jeanine and John to prepare a wonderful vegetarian meal. Later we took a stroll around the neighborhood and past the house where she lived until recently.

Despite having felt strong in practice earlier this week, I pulled out of my soccer match this morning after two shifts when I felt my right hamstring starting to tighten up.  I have learned the hard way that it is best to stop playing the second I feel that first twinge of pain. Adding insult to injury, the man I was marking got away from me and scored our opponent’s first goal.  They scored again to lead 2-0 at which point we answered with a goal. Our hopes were immediately dashed when they scored again bringing the score to 3-1.  We persevered, however, and clawed back two goals in the final minutes to secure a come from behind tie.