It has been 1 year since Jimmy passed away from GBM grade IV brain cancer. He would have been 34 years old today. It was such an honor to run the NYC Marathon with Team McGraw and finish his Bucket List. I have had some time to reflect on our 12 year relationship and what I have managed to accomplish on my own since his passing. I have become more aware of how incredibly lucky I was to share my life with Jimmy and be his first and only love. I plan on taking that love and sharing it with others. Jimmy has enriched me by sharing a toolkit of how to thrive during all of Life's unexpected outcomes. Many people never find a great love or even make there place in this world before they have to leave it. I am grateful that God put Jimmy on this Earth so that I could love him. I have come to the conclusion that in Life, we can finish ourselves in two ways. In Guyana we cook a lot with cast iron pots. A cast iron pot that is never used will eventually rust, but a pot that is used often will wear down until it shines. We can choose to merely "exist" or "get by" in a life without passion and rust...or we can give everything of ourselves freely and wear ourselves out until we shine. Like Jimmy, I have decided that I am going to SHINE!