Hi Everyone,

We had a fun night! We drove into Philly to meet the members of Team Corey for the 2nd annual ING Rock and Roll ½ Marathon (Check out the photo gallery)

This year we have 16 runners, 12 joined us for dinner. Their goal was to raise 15,000. At dessert, the tally was 13,950 with donations still coming in!

Corey and I wanted to do something special for the runners. As I thought about it, the old story of stone soup came to mind.

Once upon a time, somewhere in post-war Eastern Europe, there was a great famine in which people jealously hoarded whatever food they could find, hiding it even from their friends and neighbors. One day a wandering soldier came into a village and began asking questions as if he planned to stay for the night.

“There’s not a bite to eat in the whole province,” he was told. “Better keep moving on.”

“Oh, I have everything I need,” he said. “In fact, I was thinking of making some stone soup to share with all of you.” He pulled an iron cauldron from his wagon, filled it with water, and built a fire under it. Then, with great ceremony, he drew an ordinary-looking stone from a velvet bag and dropped it into the water.

By now, hearing the rumor of food, most of the villagers had come to the square or watched from their windows. As the soldier sniffed the “broth” and licked his lips in anticipation, hunger began to overcome their skepticism.

“Ahh,” the soldier said to himself rather loudly, “I do like a tasty stone soup. Of course, stone soup with cabbage — that’s hard to beat.”

Soon a villager approached hesitantly, holding a cabbage he’d retrieved from its hiding place, and added it to the pot. “Capital!” cried the soldier. “You know, I once had stone soup with cabbage and a bit of salt beef as well, and it was fit for a king.”

The village butcher managed to find some salt beef . . . and so it went, through potatoes, onions, carrots, mushrooms, and so on, until there was indeed a delicious meal for all. The villagers offered the soldier a great deal of money for the magic stone, but he refused to sell and traveled on the next day.

The moral is that by working together, with everyone contributing what they can, a greater good is achieved.

The story exemplifies not only our runners but all the friends and family that have walked along side us the past two years. We can’t thank you all enough for giving of your selves; whether its a hand written note, text, phone call, visit or donation. Many of you have reached out to help Corey and asked others to do the same.
Here is Corey’s thank you note;

Thank you for your time and effort in contributing what you could.
Without you I would be a lump of love.
Corey xoxo

She is the magic stone; each of you are the ingredients that contribute towards the greater good; her recovery. Thank you to each of you and Thank you Team Corey. We can’t wait to meet you at the finish line! xoxo