Reflection

I have had a weekend of being reflective... I had a check up on Friday and my doctor is extremely happy. My blood pressure is fantastic.. while I still have a little weight to lose I am now in a normal range and no longer considered obese.. My lungs are good.. flexibility good.. aches and pains in the joints all but gone.. moods swings from crazy hormones gone... Ability to stay healthy while the children bring home bugs .. Excellent.. I am so blessed, very corny thing to say but so true... I am the healthiest and fittest I think I have ever been. Aaron is fit and healthy. All three kids are amazing people, they have their health and are doing well in school.

While I train/race, I think about my sister who struggles to see her children and the world around her. I think about my neice who has to endure a life of needles, blood tests and constant watching. I think about my sister-in law and beautiful neice and the struggles they will have throughout Carys' life. I think about an old friend who now is watching/holding his child through her last weeks of life. I think about the gentleman at Cross Country who has Parkinson's but still gets out and runs the 5kms even though he has severe syptoms, and is still supportive of all the other runners.

I can run, I can ride my bike, I can swim... I can do all these things without struggle. I am using the pain of training to remind myself just how lucky I am. I am living an amazing life. There is nothing I can't achieve or have if I set my mind too it.. My children are all growing into amazing people, they are healthy and on the path to being wonderful adults. I have the love and support of a beautiful man. I have family around me, friends by my side... This is exactly the life I have always dreamed of..