It’s taken me a bit to process and feel everything that unfolded on Friday morning’s celebration for one of our own, Dick Au.
It felt very weighty. An important morning.
You were there. And if you weren’t able to make it, you WERE there with us, in heart and spirit.
Rob and I felt pretty honoured to collaborate with the Au Family to honour, acknowledge, and celebrate our friend and yours, Dick.
Your love and energy were front and center in all that unfolded- a bounce, a special tag (thank you Roy!), beautiful photos all the way up the hill (thank you Steven for many years of memories!), a tribute positivity award, birthday booms, messages on the hill, elbow taps (that felt like things were almost normal), etc.
A number of years ago, a friend of mine shared this MEMC – make every moment count.
Dick sure did.
We’ve sure been lucky to spend some of those moments with him.
I know it was an extra important Friday morning but it also felt kinda normal too… you were all there and so were dogs, babies, kids (who are so big almost 1.5 years later!!), luxurious covid locks, beards, retired co-leaders, faded tags, big smiles, open arms and circles, and more.
It was pretty cool to see how things have changed but also not. We still love being together. The strength of the NP Canada community was in full force Friday morning.
And, if you’re fairly new to NP, we are so glad you’re weaving your way into the NP Canada fabric. It’s all of you who continue to make this a special community.
… and yes, that hill is still damn hard.
If you haven’t yet had a chance to check out the photos from Friday’s celebration workout, you can do so here. Thank you Steven for sharing your talent with NP Canada.
If you made it out to our NP Olympics this AM, I hope you went for gold! Just like so many of our Canadian athletes!
Announcements
- I’m away (visiting my family after over a year!!) for a while which means Rob is leading solo. Watching from afar – with a lot of FOMO – as we continue to come back together.
- Wednesday- we’ll be meeting at the funicular stairs
- If you’re new to NP Canada or haven’t done so as yet, please sign the global waiver- here
- If you’re coming to a workout, sign in here BEFORE you show up. In the event we need to contact you, we know who was at each workout.
