For my friends outside of New England, this past Monday was
Patriot’s Day. As per usual, kids got the day off from school, businesses throughout
the Commonwealth shut down, the Boston Marathon took place and the Sox played
an 11am home game. Just like every other year… Except… it didn’t feel like just
another year, and everybody knew it too. Dozens of Police officers waited at
the entrance of every (open) subway station to check bags and trucks from every
news station you could think of from around the world littered the streets. We
all understood why, but it still made you hyper-aware of your surroundings.
That being said, Monday was absolutely incredible.
Now I realize I can be an emotional guy, but when I say
Monday was very moving I’m fairly certain even Ebenezer Scrooge’s heart (pre- A
Christmas Carol) would have been touched. Seeing complete strangers standing
side by side cheering on people they don’t even know brought a smile so big to
my face that I felt as if I tore a muscle. You could tell it affected the spirit
of the runners too. Most acknowledged the cheers with a big smile and a waving
of a hand, while others thanked the crowd with arms raised and fists clenched
as they ran along, ever closer to the finish line.
A staggering 99% of the 35,000 marathon participants
finished the race, and over a million friends, relatives and others spent hours
that day yelling their support to each runner that passed by.
Watching all this unfold made me realize that last year’s
tragedy made way for this year’s beautiful resurrection. It all seemed weirdly
symbolic for this to happen a day after Holy Week. For those of us who are
Christians, Good Friday was without a doubt the darkest day this world has ever
seen, yet Easter Sunday was the brightest. I couldn’t help but make that correlation as I
saw hundreds of people run by me. It was like a Sunday sermon being preached by
the city of Boston, and I was lucky enough to be sitting in a front-row pew.
As
promised here are the pictures:
Here's also some others I took this past week because I was bored...
Disclaimer: Let it be known I took the Sox pictures when I got off work! haha
Also, enjoy here's some good driving music for this beautiful weather!
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