I don't know why but for the past few
months I have paid attention to all the details that made Mom's home
special.
Her home reflected the season or
holiday at hand with touches uniquely hers. Though out the year boxes
were packed and unpacked, decorations placed exactly in the proper
place. Not under nor overstated her touch made her home comfortable.
Though I feel I have dealt with the stress of the past few weeks well, my body may be telling me otherwise. I have not had a good nights sleep in about a month, hands and feet are painful and progress with my GI tract is agonizing slow. The injury I sustained prior to JFK was aggregated when I slipped whilst shoveling ice at Mom and Dad's.
Running has been hit or miss so far
this year but as long as the weather isn't too bad I expect I'll pick
it back up in the weeks to come. I want to add speed training into
my mix but this will have to wait until I'm injury free. I have
signed up for the first race that I will try to run competitively,
Terrapin Mountain which is held at the end of March.
The Frederick News Post wrote an article about me which came out January 8th. To be honest I had mixed feelings about doing it but if it helps a single person then it will have been worthwhile. I was at Dad's house when the article came out; on the phone with Susan I became aware that my conversation regarding support I received from her, family, friends and the medical community had found the “cutting room floor”. Without that support I'm not sure that I would have continued running at all, it would have been easy not to.
The link is below.
There will be difficult days ahead but
good ones as well. If I know anything at all it's that my Mother
would want me to get on with my life. When running trails by myself I
will be talking with her, there may be no answer yet I believe she
will be listening.
Mike
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