I ran my personal race to finish this leg of the journey. I have been running it for what seems like a very long time.  Life has so many distractions that demand us to pay attention.  Some of those events gave little or no warning.  Still you keep going.  You find another way to make it happen. The moment that I thought would never come had arrived.  I finished and pressed submit.  As I waited for the confirmation I shared carrot cake pops with my family and then took them out for a little Trick or Treating around the block.  I snacked on candy corn and waited. Fall is not…