February 2017 - Jill Roman Lord

Running with my bad self and good Jesus

Posted by jill.lord | Feb 22, 2017 | Uncategorized | 1

My husband gave me an apple Nike watch for my birthday and the first Sunday morning with it on my wrist, it pinged. I looked down at it and read something like, “68,000 people have already run this morning. Are we gonna run?” Are you kidding me? This was around 7:00 in the morning. That many people have already run? “Yes, I’m running today,” I said to the watch with gusto. After church I hit the start button and was off running, I heard a voice from my watch say something like “Whoo hoo! We’re glad you’re running!” So...

Running in a Tiara

Posted by jill.lord | Feb 15, 2017 | Uncategorized | 0

On a recent cruise my husband and I took together, I enjoyed morning runs on the ship’s track. I’d learned from the previous morning that the sea breeze blew my usual running cap off my head. My hair was too short to fit in a ponytail but long enough to blow in my face when the wind was at my back. So this particular morning I grabbed the only headband I had brought and positioned it on my head. As I headed out of our room to run, my husband took one look at me and said, “A tiara?...