“Happy Birthday Mom!!!”

Mom…

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Let’s Just Pretend You’re Not My Mom For A Moment…

Just Another RainCross Athlete…

Joanie… “THE 5AM Athlete…”

These Past Few Weeks… You’ve Been MIA… Due To A Nasty Sickness… But… You Came Back Strong This Past Thursday!!!

One Of Those Athletes That… When They’re Not There… EVERYONE Asks… “Where’s Joanie?!?!”

You Never Have To Brag Or Flaunt How Hard You Work Because… Well… It Shows & Everybody Sees It!!!

The Hard Work Towards Your Fitness & A Healthy Lifestyle That You Have Put In Over The Years Is Amazing & Inspiring…

No Matter The Work Out… You’re There…

Yes… There May Be Many MODifications… But Hell… Some Of The MODs I Come Up With Are Harder Than The Actual “Rx’d” Movements!!!

You May Give Me Dirty Looks & Cuss Me Out In Your Head… But You Always Get Job Done!!!

And You’re Always There To Encourage & Push Other Athletes Through The Work Out When They Are Struggling… All The Way To The End…

Again… Such An Amazing An Inspiring Athlete…

Now… As A Human Being…

You’re Just Awesome!!!

Words Can’t Even Express How Much You Have Helped Build RainCross Strength & Conditioning!!!

You Helped Us Way Back In 2009 With The Beginning Of CrossFit Riverside…

You Helped Us With The Start Of & All The Way Through RC CrossFit From 2011-2018…

And The Amount Of Time & Effort You Put Into Help Build RainCross Strength & Conditioning… Simply Incredible…

Each Move/Transition Was Rough…

But Getting The Station Going…

THAT MOVE WAS ROUGH!!!

I Still Never Want To Touch Insulation Again!!!

But No Matter What Work Needed To Be Done… No Matter The Task @ Hand… Whether It Be Performing A Million Burpees… Scraping Off Flooring… Running 400 Meters… Painting Walls… Rowing XX00 Meters… Grabbing The Demo Crew Lunch… Bear Crawls… Baking A Cake… Biking XX Miles… Etc. Etc… All I Have To Do Is Ask… And It’s Done…

As Your Coach… Couldn’t Ask For A Better Athlete To Train…

As Your Son…

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“Mom… I Can’t Even Begin To Think How Scared You Were In 1983 When You Found Out You Were Pregnant With Me… I Can’t Even Begin To Think How Scared You Were When I Popped Out Of You On July 19th, 1984… I Can’t Even Begin To Think How Scared You Were When I Told You I Wanted To Join The Marine Corps While Still In High School… I Can’t Even Begin To Think How Scared You Were When I Got Deployed To Iraq… I Can’t Even Begin To Think How Scared & Mad You Were When I Volunteered To Go Back A 2nd Time… I Also Can’t Believe How Strong You Have Been Since Then To This Day… I Was Never The “Perfect” Kid… Hell… I’m Not The “Perfect” Adult… But You Never Gave Up On Me… You Also Raised The Most Beautiful, Smartest & Strongest Little Girl With My “Lil’ Sis” Alicia… Who I Promise To Always Love & Protect… You’ve Struggled & Fought Your Whole Life… Family… Work… And Now RainCross Strength & Conditioning… You’re The “Mom” Of Everyone @ RCSC!!! I Will Never Be The Person You Were/Are… But I’ll Bust My Ass To Come As Close To It As I Can… I Now I Drive You Crazy 90% Of The Time… Especially Recently With This New Adventure Danielle & I Chose To Go On… But I Promise To Stay… STRONG…14…”