Day 141: I'm Back!

Day 141:

Wow!  I can't believe that it has been over three months since I have written anything.  A lot has happened during that time; some good, some bad. Let's start with some of the good. 

In my last post, I mentioned needing an MRI on my ankle.  Everything came back swollen, but good.  No surgery.  I then returned to physical therapy and continued to work my butt off.  However, I was still pretty upset by my lack of progress.  So, my therapist and I started looking for other ways to improve my ankle strength and support my high arch.  It turns out that a different insole and a little Kinesio taping was all I needed.  My last physical therapy session was on March 21st.  Hooray!

Now, for the tough stuff that has made writing difficult.  After writing my last blog post, I cried.  I was scared and depressed about the possibility of surgery.  Then I was upset by my lack of progress.  Just as a solution was found and I began to feel hopeful about running again, a true tragedy struck my family.  Both my sons lost friends and classmates in a tragic car accident that killed four teens about a month ago.  Just as I was beginning to feel confident in my running and ready to write again, I found my family and myself consumed by grief. 

Yesterday, the grief was renewed with the tragic events at the Boston Marathon just days after the one month anniversary of so much loss in my family.  My heart breaks for those who lost loved ones yesterday and it breaks again for those who were injured.  I know there will be stories of triumph over tragedy and I hope that many of those injured take on the challenge of learning to run despite missing limbs. 

With all that said, I did run today in honor of those injured.  It was cold and rain threatened during the entire run.  I started out tired from lack of sleep and sore from my run on Sunday.  So, it was a short run of only a mile and a half as well as a slow run averaging almost 16 mins. a mile.  But that's OK because today I ran.

That's really what this is all about: running.  Learning to run the race God has set before you (me), running it well and finishing it well. 

My race has only just begun!
Lisa