I’m behind in everything. Pretend it’s February 2 as you read this. xo
Has anyone else read BALTO to their kids? Oh, how Mateo loved that book. He couldn’t get enough of the story of Balto, the Alaskan husky who led a team of sled dogs on the final leg of the 674-mile run to Nome from Anchorage to deliver life-saving diphtheria vaccine in January 1925.
The tale of Balto so captivated Mateo that on our first family trip to NYC, we made a pilgrimage to Central Park to visit the statue honoring the hero, unveiled in December 1925.
Today is the 100th Anniversary of what came to be known as The Great Serum Run or the Great Race of Mercy, which I know only from reading the “Today in History” column in our local newspaper, the Marin Independent Journal. (Yes, I subscribe to physical newspapers.) I photographed the article and texted it to Mateo, who immediately texted back, in all c
“OMG THAT IS SO BIZARRE MOMMA / I JUST WOKE UP FROM A DREAM ABOUT A DOG STARING INTO MY EYES”
“Whaaat???” I replied. “It was Balto, giving you strength”
“Ahhh I hope so! Our canine hero!”
Balto’s final resting place is at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. We’ve never been to Cleveland, but I predict a trip in our future.
