#ymmstrong

Local businesses are amazing ! I myself am not in an effected area of town but I know many who are- please please PLEASE check out @burhoek and her amazing clothing line ! Many people got the wake up call to leave there homes in the early hours of the morning ! #ymm #ymmstrong #supportlocal #buylocal https://www.instagram.com/p/B_f_F_hF3V8/?igshid=1fpomy7oisgoe

Could not find a better fitting phrase for this school ! Went from a school of almost 600 kids to just under 250! But the love that is felt between these walls is so overwhelmingly strong in the best way possible ! Although I don’t have as many connections to parents/ families like some of the other staff do, every staff in this building makes a point to make you feel welcome in every way and I’m so glad that I’m here and we are going through this together ! #ymmstrong #WholeNewMeaning https://www.instagram.com/p/B96z-3klV67/?igshid=mv48wmpxcquf

Real nixxas don't got say they real !!! @tee_grizzley 💪🏿🗣 #ymmstrong #lilbittybitch

Sometimes I'm not thinking clearly when I commit to things. Sometimes I just get so excited that I say yes before really thinking it through. Like that time I said I'd run another half marathon 😳 although it's still quite far away, even the littlest of training runs feels like a huge effort! Today, I so badly wanted to just relax in the sun with a good book. But as I was coming home from bootcamp, I saw @kgpowers (my 1/2 marathon buddy) out getting her training run done. If it wasn't for that moment, seeing her powering through, I may not have ran today. Karen is one of those quiet athletes. You'll never know how much she can deadlift, or how many times she can push a Jeep back and forth, or that she's tough as nails and won a medal at Femsport because she just shows up, says hello and gets to work. She kicks ass in every workout and I can honestly say that having her as a training buddy is definitely going to motivate me to do better. Thank you for your friendship and being an inspiration #fitfam #ymmstrong #ironcamp #bookworms

One year ago today started with beautiful blue skies and sunshine. I had less than a quarter tank of gas but was running late for work so decided I'd fill up at lunch. Lunch time came around and it was still so nice out so I went for a walk to Staples to get markers for Santo's business. While inside the building, with minimal windows, I was blissfully unaware of the chaos that would shortly consume my life. I was taking pictures and sending them to Santo asking, "do you want this kind? Or what about this kind?" Then I paid for the markers and headed outside to walk back to work. That's when I saw it, the almighty Beast, up the hill in Abasand, and I began to run. Of all the moments that people remember from that day, my first will not be about having to fight my way through lines to fuel up the Rogue, or the panic I felt trying to decide what to pack, or the multiple phone calls and messages trying to decide when it was best to leave, or the unbearably slow drive down the burning highway, it will forever be about dry-erase markers. As a Fort McMurray resident, our lives are regularly spoken about now in one of three ways: before the fire, during evacuation, and after we returned home. There will never be enough words to thank everyone involved since that fateful day. To those near and far who helped us persevere through the last 365 days and beyond, I whole-heartedly thank you. Life is not about what you have, but about who you surround yourself with. Life is hard, and exciting, and scary, and wonderful all at the same time. We can't change the past but we can continue to move forward, together. #ymmstrong #oneyear #friendstofamily #thankyoufirstresponders #thankyoueveryone

One year has turned into another life time ago. I lived in that house for 21 years and in an instant it was reduced to nothing. People keep telling me “it’s just stuff, it’s all replaceable”, but I don’t care about the stuff, it’s the memories my family created there for 21 years. After the evacuation I went into this state of numbness and depression and just refused to feel anything. I stopped eating and went from 125lbs to 90lbs. It wasn’t until the last few months that I’ve started trying to go through the healing process and get myself mentally and physically healthy again. That was just me though, 88,000 people all had to go through the evacuation and have all been through their own journey to get to where they are now. I’d like to thank my friends and my family for all the love and support in the last year, because without them I really don’t know where I would be without them! ♡